Monthly Archives: July 2017

Bans on Military Personnel and Brexit – the link

July 26, 2017 · by · in Politics, Trans Issues · Leave a comment

I’ve run my own software company for the last 13 years. While still small, we have looked for new markets for our software. Two years ago I started looking at expanding into Europe – it was close, we had contacts there, and the trading rules were clear, so it wasn’t going to be hugely expensive […]

Gender Recognition Reform – A Real Possibility?

July 22, 2017 · by · in Politics, Trans Issues · Leave a comment

One of the things anticipated for this Parliament is that Brexit, and its associated legislation, will dominate everything. That’s not to say that legislation for other things cannot happen – there is still space allocated for Private Members Bills, for example. But the scope for other Government-sponsored legislation is small. The other complication for Government […]

What Future for Liberalism?

July 1, 2017 · by · in Politics · 2 Comments

Today has been an interesting day, with a regional review of the recent General Election campaign (from a Liberal Democrat perspective) and then listening to a Radio 4 programme describing a “thirty year itch”. The theory behind the latter was that a consensus is broadly established in British politics which lasts for about 30 years, […]