Obiter, obedible observance...

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Time flies! One year ago today WuHan entered lockdown...and the WHO said: "Coronavirus:'An emergency in China, but not yet a global health emergency'": well we all know how that went...ahhh crap. 

Anyway, [edited midday] a few images below that you'll have seen in various forms from various outlets but the numbers don't lie: every single year in the history of this country before 2003 was worse in terms of total deaths in the UK relative to population. Plus the mild-ish and relative low-death winters of 2018/19 and 2019/20 also contributed to the tragic toll in H1 2020. 

Obiter, obedible observance...

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Time flies! One year ago today WuHan entered lockdown...and the WHO said: "Coronavirus:'An emergency in China, but not yet a global health emergency'": well we all know how that went...ahhh crap. 

Anyway, [edited midday] a few images below that you'll have seen in various forms from various outlets but the numbers don't lie: every single year in the history of this country before 2003 was worse in terms of total deaths in the UK relative to population. Plus the mild-ish and relative low-death winters of 2018/19 and 2019/20 also contributed to the tragic toll in H1 2020. 

Obrogation opportunities...

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Happy UK Independence Day! 23rd June 2016 was the day - to great shock from everyone - we voted Brexit. Two years on we are still wrangling about various details but the date is set. Worth a read of The Mogg's words "Brexit and Beyond: Britain’s Place in the World in the 2020s" [Brexit Central]. He is one of the very few - even among government Brexiteers - that refuses to be negative. John Redwood is another, here on The Commentator praising the US Ambassador who say we should be more positive: “To see this defeatist attitude towards Brexit is a bit sorrowing to me,”...isn't it embarrassing that we have to be told?

Rees-Mogg ends with "I have always thought that by and large, individuals making decisions for themselves, make better decisions than others can do for them. This applies on the national scale too. The nation state can make better decisions for itself than other nations can impose upon it. I believe it for the United Kingdom and I believe it for other nations around the world. That is the opportunity for the UK in 2020 and beyond. It is to have confidence in ourselves to make the alliances that will lead to success and to ensure that we have the right economic policies in place."

And if mistakes are made, they are OUR mistakes.




The UK's European Union (Withdrawal) Bill now only requires Royal Assent, which will be on 26 June 2018...

Obrogation opportunities...

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Happy UK Independence Day! 23rd June 2016 was the day - to great shock from everyone - we voted Brexit. Two years on we are still wrangling about various details but the date is set. Worth a read of The Mogg's words "Brexit and Beyond: Britain’s Place in the World in the 2020s" [Brexit Central]. He is one of the very few - even among government Brexiteers - that refuses to be negative. John Redwood is another, here on The Commentator praising the US Ambassador who say we should be more positive: “To see this defeatist attitude towards Brexit is a bit sorrowing to me,”...isn't it embarrassing that we have to be told?

Rees-Mogg ends with "I have always thought that by and large, individuals making decisions for themselves, make better decisions than others can do for them. This applies on the national scale too. The nation state can make better decisions for itself than other nations can impose upon it. I believe it for the United Kingdom and I believe it for other nations around the world. That is the opportunity for the UK in 2020 and beyond. It is to have confidence in ourselves to make the alliances that will lead to success and to ensure that we have the right economic policies in place."

And if mistakes are made, they are OUR mistakes.

The UK's European Union (Withdrawal) Bill now only requires Royal Assent, which will be on 26 June 2018...

Our obsequent oblectation...

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Joy and pleasure at going in the opposite direction. Happy Anniversary! Our Brexit Day. Our Independence Day...we will certainly not be alone in the world; in fact a majority believe we won't be alone in leaving the EU! "Polling found that 64% of Britons believe that one or more countries could follow in the UK’s footsteps and leave the EU. 57% of Italians, 52% of Germans and 49% of the French think the same." [Link]

Our obsequent oblectation...

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Joy and pleasure at going in the opposite direction. Happy Anniversary! Our Brexit Day. Our Independence Day...we will certainly not be alone in the world; in fact a majority believe we won't be alone in leaving the EU! "Polling found that 64% of Britons believe that one or more countries could follow in the UK’s footsteps and leave the EU. 57% of Italians, 52% of Germans and 49% of the French think the same." [Link]