Protesting in Florence
TEXT of 5 Placards prepared and displayed by Future of our Children in Piazza di Santa Maria Novella during May’s speech on 22 Sept 2017 […]
Articles by Grandpa
Escaping from Collective Denial
Escaping from Collective Denial MPs must stop closing their eyes to the harm already caused by 15 months of chaotic government mismanagement and act in […]
Verse or Worse!
Theresa on Quitting and Splitting I’ve told you I’ll not be a quitter, But I’m being called a Conservative splitter. I swear that I’m still […]
Audio for Sixteen Million Rising (Sept. 2017)
Please note that this audio is aired just after 2 hours 40 minutes into episode 12 of Sixteen Million Rising http://16millionrising.wixsite.com/16millionrising Here is the text […]
The Height of Lunacy
The Height of Lunacy There is a lot of talk these days about the amount that the UK would have to pay to get out […]
Taking Stock after the Snap Election
This is a new introduction to the site. We trace what has happened since the June 2016 referendum and conclude that neither the government nor the opposition has a convincing Brexit negotiating strategy. We suggest that the approach to negotiation needs to shift from antagonistic bargaining to constructive consensus building. The process should be “reset”, not ruling out membership of the single markets nor curtailing the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice. Instead it should explore innovative ways of reconciling the goals of “leavers” with continued membership of the EU – as we illustrate in relation to alternative ways of cutting migration from member countries.
We Need Statesmanship AUDIO
Here is our audio submission for Ben Chambers’ Sixteen Million Rising August broadcast. The text of the audio is as follows: Britain is stumbling into […]
We Need Statesmanship
We Need Statesmanship Britain has stumbled into negotiating its future relationship with Europe without a clear vision of the outcome that our people now want, […]
The Best Way of Ending Austerity is to Stay in the EU
Labour is committed to ending the 1% cap on pay rises for public sector workers, and a number of Conservative cabinet members, including the arch […]
Brexit is Dead but MPs must Sign its Death Certificate
This is the text of an audio recording broadcast by Ben Chambers on Sixteen Million Rising on 1st July 2017. See https://www.mixcloud.com/SixteenMillionRising/smr-ep10-guilty-pleasures/ The audio comes […]