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Alex Salmond: Scottish Parliament cannot block Brexit

Posted By: June 28, 2016

 Alex Salmond says Scotland cannot block Brexit The Telegraph.Monday, June 27,  2016 . Alex Salmond has admitted the Scottish Parliament does not have the power to block Brexit and insisted that Nicola Sturgeon never suggested she had a veto.  The former first minister, who described his successor’s leadership since the EU vote as “inspiring”, said Westminster was able to override any […]

Brexit let hate-filled genie out of bottle

Posted By: June 28, 2016

“[First Minister Arlene Foster]A politician whose proudest boast is her determination to prevent a republican rewrite of Troubles history, she rewrote a vote only hours old. In a less public statement, but the same majoritarian spirit, she also supported the Whiterock Orangemen against the Parades Commission’s decision to penalise them – for displaying paramilitary sympathy as well as refusing talks.”Fionnuala O Connor.Irish News (Belfast). Tuesday, […]

Unionist Brexiteers may have wrecked union

Posted By: June 27, 2016

IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed by Irish National Caucus “Cameron’s speedy departure – the only thing he has got right in this saga – will not be enough to halt the country’s slide to ruin. He made a brave face of it, but his legacy is a  Britain crippled economically and politically.By failing to stand up to the Tory right, Cameron has […]

Arlene’s wee country said No to leaving EU

Posted By: June 27, 2016

Tom Kelly. Irish News (Belfast) Monday, June 27, 2016 Every fiber of my body is committed to democracy and as such the result of the referendum giving Brexit campaigners a slender majority is final. That said, such a result doesn’t bind me to its full consequences because the Tory right denied the risk elements but now those risks (which are already coming home […]

Brexit vote puts Union in doubt

Posted By: June 27, 2016

IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed by Irish National Caucus   Irish News (Belfast). Editorial.  Monday,  June 27,  2016As we assess the full consequences of the disastrous outcome of the referendum which has dictated a UK withdrawal from the EU, there is little point in denying that we are staring at the likelihood of a dark economic and political future which could stretch […]

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