Steve Peers

21.05.2021 Brexit

Brexit. That’s pretty much it from me.

This Twitter thread by Holger Hestermeyer caught my eye yesterday: https://x.com/hhesterm/status/1395469311435841536 Holger is one of those brilliant people who I’ve encountered thanks to Brexit, one of a whole community of people who have painstakingly pointed out all the technical, legal,

06.07.2017 Brexit

The Brexit Bullshit Asymmetry Principle

It has been a pretty normal week in matters Brexit. On Sunday on the BBC’s Marr show, Michael Gove announced he was withdrawing the UK from the London Fishing Convention that dates from 1964. What’s that got to do with

20.02.2017 Brexit

The Remainers – the instinctive insiders

After Tony Blair’s Brexit speech last week, former Deputy Director of Britain Stronger in Europe (and now Edelman exec) Lucy Thomas tweeted this: https://x.com/lucycthomas/status/832488126996045824 Shortly before that an interesting discussion on Twitter ensued between Sunder Katwala and David Aaronovich, with

12.02.2017 UK Politics

Where does the Brexit vote leave the cause of an independent Scotland in the EU?

tldr; “…it is easier for an independent Scotland to join the EU, than for the UK to leave it…” – thanks @odtorium on Twitter. But if you do want the detail, read on! Back in 2012, prior to the Scottish