Equus Asinus

H A P P Y   C H R I S T M A S  to any remaining readers of this blog ! The blog has been very neglected and I make no apology: there is a life or death fight going on for the future of Britain. We have all been totally consumed by it.  … More Happy Christmas

WE ARE ALREADY IN THE CAMPAIGN FOR A NEW BREXIT REFERENDUM When the two main arch-Brexiters May and Corbyn failed to show up for a TV debate, it became a 4-way party debate on TV. The semiology of this should be clear to everyone: and I refer to the the science of the way visual … More The Referendum begins

Starting with the challenge today to the Attorney General to release the government legal advice on May’s deal, and finishing on Friday with Sue Wilson’s UKEU Challenge case in the High Court, this week will see the biggest battle so far for Britain to Remain in Europe. But here’s the question. What is still driving … More A historic week for UK

GIBRALTAR: SPANISH PRESS SUMMARY I have read the Gibraltar story and editorials in El Pais, El Periodico, La Vanguardia, ABC, and my regional newspaper, Informacion de Alicante. It is clear that the same line runs right across the political spectrum: the Brexit isolation of both the UK and the Rock – outside of the EU … More Gibrexit: the joker in the pack

FELIZ FIESTA DE SANTA CECILIA!   Good morning. If you see the bands out parading today, that is what it is all about. Saint Cecilia was a Roman saint, patron of musicians; and there is a very beautiful church of St Cecilla in Rome if you are ever there, in Trastevere.   I am in … More Feast of Saint Cecilia

FEEDBACK FROM BRITISH CONSUL MEETING IN FINESTRAT, 21 November 2018 Host: the Mayor of Finestrat, Juan Francisco Llorca Visitors: The Consul, Sarah-Jane Morris, plus consular support team; HMRC representatives; and Richard Hill Vice President of Brexpats with his team from Alicante. The Consul kicked off but had nothing concrete to say as usual. Her consular … More Five dull minutes with the British Consul

Britain’s oldest newspaper The Observer has this piece of political analysis by the  columnist Nick Cohen today.  If you only read one newspaper article this weekend, read this one. Meanwhile, in The New European‘s latest issue this week, an article on the pro-Europe veterans group that I have joined and am working for, online from here … More Resistance to a very British coup

Run Raabit, run Raabit, run run run! Let’s have a #PeoplesVote and have more fun, fun, fun (than with you miserable lot.) Tweeted at 11.00 (Spanish time) and in the running for a tweet of the day, I hope.