Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – July 5, 2024

Greetings from Tyler, Rishi Sunak has been unceremoniously kicked to the curb in England.  Keir Starmer has been elected the new Prime Minister.  His wing man is none other than Barack Obama, the two having met in college.  Apparently Obama … Read More

Why Britain’s most prestigious bank canceled Nigel Farage

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says the prominent Brexiteer’s case raises free speech questions. LONDON — He always said the U.K. establishment was out to get him. Now Nigel Farage has the receipts. Britain’s most prominent Brexiteer has produced a … Read More

UK, EU announce post-Brexit trade deal, days before deadline

The European Union and United Kingdom have reached a post-Brexit free trade deal, officials announced Thursday – just days before the U.K. is scheduled to finalize its departure from the bloc at the end of the year. “So we have finally found … Read More

Brexit: the deed is [almost] done

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I would have preferred our exit from the European Parliament yesterday to have been done with dignity. But Farage and his ghastly crew don’t do dignity, preferring instead to break the EP rules by waving national flags in the chamber … Read More

This election came down to just one thing – Brexit

Forget about holding a second referendum. It just happened. Jeremy Corbyn did his cynical best to make the election about the NHS, with fake-news claims about Boris flogging it lock, stock and barrel to Donald Trump. Admittedly, Johnson did himself few favours with his … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 1 November 2019

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Greetings from Tyler, We got through the world’s Halloween observance without incident.  Maybe they’ll start removing the spider webs and flashing inflatables from the neighborhood yards, and the skeletons from the entries of every dollar store.  Not that we’re frightened … Read More

Johnson faces showdown in Parliament as MPs seek to block no-deal Brexit

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Boris JohnsonPhoto: Victoria Jones/PA Boris Johnson faces a showdown in Parliament after he vowed to push for a snap general election if rebel MPs succeed in a bid to seize control of parliamentary proceedings. Parliament returns on Tuesday after recess, … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 26 July 2019

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Greetings from Tyler, There have been several important developments this week.  One is the ascension of Boris Johnson to office of Prime Minister of the UK.  The jury is still out on whether he’ll be able to extricate Britain from … Read More

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