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I see Boris Johnson is trying to avoid being PM - by getting censured for failing to declare property interest in Somerset. On top of his other transgressions. For once, let us hope he is successful. "The committee dismissed Johnson’s claim that he had not fully understood the rules." Not...

"Just walk away without a deal" - and people say it straight-faced and without seeming to appreciate that it might be, no - (in my view, most definitely) would be, a very unpleasant process. The Guardian view on no deal: Theresa May must expose it as a fantasy...

Guardian had this the other day: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/apr/04/northern-ireland-faces-prospect-of-no-deal-brexit-milk-lake

No, not for one, minute would I claim all remain supporters, nor all non-tories, are squeaky clean. Of course, "innocent until proved guilty", but... MP Owen Paterson lobbied government for firm he worked for Former environment secretary faces possibility he may have broken parliamentary...

We might have become one of the less developed (former- and asking-to-be-) EU countries by then... :)

On what basis can Boris Johnson be denied any possibility of becoming PM? Preferably legally. If you vote tory you could be forgiven for thinking: That you don't know what you've got Till it's gone Because they could be making a habit of changing leader without a GE.

And the terms of rejoining would surely be less advantageous.

The USA has for years had issues with sales taxes and internet sales. In the old days of rates, we had parish, city, county, etc. rates, but the differences tended to be small. If the sales taxes are near enough the same, there seems little point. And if they are not, well, flecc is quite...

But they are more than capable of doing things like inflating their apparent "research and development" to offset profit. And acting as a gateway to signing you up with Google in mutually tax advantageous other countries. Their UK turnover may still be significant but I doubt it would reflect...

But if they are paying in the USA, there won't be any. That really was my point. (I saw Daniel Hannan has his own VAT plan. Replace VAT by local sales tax managed by local councils. Apart from being unable to imagine the typical council being able to do this, and the likelihood of neighbouring...

How does the turnover get calculated? If your UK company has, say, a USA-based website, and buys advertising through Google in the USA, how does the UK government tax it?

It isn't supposed to "not be so grim" - it was supposed to be land flowing with milk and honey. Wasn't that in all the referendum propaganda? Andrea Leadsom: no-deal Brexit next week would not be so grim...

Can we both tax them and ensure that they don't just disappear to other countries (probably EU)? I have my doubts that we can do more than tax a small fragment of their operations that they keep in the UK - a branch office.

I suspect turnout would be the absolute key - by that I mean which side manages to mobilise most effectively but a high total turnout would help to seal whatever the result whereas a low turnout as in Newport would be very disappointing. We might even want ukip and the brexit party to take some...

Yesterday the Guardian had an opinion piece on brexit and medicines. As you might expect, deeply concerning for many if only because they are not convinced that adequate measures have been taken. I couldn't help thinking that those so strongly insisting that there will not be a problem because...

(Wasn't this from November 2017? Or has it been resurrected?) Just wondering how they will ever again elect a new pope? ;) Isn't the decision one for the Vatican alone? They have "control" and "sovereignty" - so up to them. If they have decided to follow advice, it is not up to Fromage to mock...

That is very readable and, so far as anyone who is never going to visit can ascertain, makes sense. Like the bridge photo.

As we saw here with that same "information" wilfully posted without any source identified. This continual lying is being orchestrated and stoked. Which is very concerning should a second referendum, confirmatory or otherwise, be held. In fact, it is concerning that so many people seem to be...

It is OK for him to change his viewpoint. Just not all right for the electorate at large (if, indeed, they/we have).

The one with lower-case "b" - I won't dignify it with upper-case.