No, not the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.I mean the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.Actually, that's not what I mean.What we want is the United Kingdom of Ireland and Great Britain.Capital to be Dublin. Finance Minister to be Irish.

"This is also not a debate, as has been falsely claimed, about extending laws which apply in one part of the United Kingdom to another." Iris Robinson on the extending of a law (the 1967 Abortion Act) which applies in one part of the United Kingdom to another. Unfortunately as the Guardian is reporting this morning, it looks very unlikely that a debate, never mind vote, will even be held on the su...

I have long thought, first, that the United Kingdom has for some time been heading towards being the Non-United Kingdom, and second, that this would probably be a very good thing. If such a separation is indeed happening, then what is causing it is the end of the British Empire. That and what followed around half a century later (i.e. around now), probably as an inevitable next step, namely the ab...

Do you need a manifesto? This one is worthy of perusal.

Now, as you know, I’m a supporter of the banning of active and proselytising bigots from the United Kingdom. I acknowledge that, in these days of Skype, such a governmental act is essentially symbolic in nature, only. Nevertheless, when the Home Secretary sends one of her famous letters out, she is marking in the most

The United Kingdom has the third largest population among the EU member states. It is an important trading nation and financial centre. A constructive UK could be important for the foreign and security policies and defence of the European Union. But Britain has been an awkward partner in Europe for three and a half decades, and the next general election seems destined to bring in a Conservative go...

The United Kingdom has the third largest population among the member states of the European Union and a lot of power to shape EU affairs. With a responsible and constructive attitude, the UK could have even more influence. But the discourse on Europe among the elites, the media and the population is so strange that it has long ago become a common European concern. *** Subjects treated as such In t...

Achieving Post Democratic Progressive Governance in the United Kingdom has required that governance decisions are proposed and effected in a Post Democratic Progressive institution. This has occurred and is now in effective operation. Constitutional confirmation of the New status quo for the United Kingdom has been deposited by the UK Regional Executive with the Authorities at Rome. Residual resis...

The Queen has indicated her concern the United Kingdom will be broken up in the wake of Alex Salmond's landslide election victory in Scotland, it was reported yesterday (sun).

Returning to the "othering" of Gaeldom in Scotland, and also in Ireland, the partition of the United Kingdom in 1922 destroyed the partnership between Highland and Irish land reformers, which would have had a knock-on effect throughout the United Kingdom as the results of their much better-organised agitation bore legislative fruit at Westminster. You might argue that there would have been separat...