Yesterday, Corbyn had another one of his now infamous run-ins with the press. A Sky reporter asked him about anti-semitism (what else?) as he was about to enter a building and Jeremy did what he usually does in these kinds of situations: pull a face that is a combination of a deer in the headlights […]
Archives for April 2016
Corbyn insisting that Labour has no problem with anti-semitism is making the problem worse
You know the old adage that says you’ve lost an argument the moment you bring up Adolf Hitler for any reason? Ken Livingstone proved that yesterday rather definitively. He also showed us conclusively that trying to explain something via the author of the Final Solution is a bad idea in politics, period. Particularly when you’re […]
Why 2016 Scottish Labour have become a bit like the 2015 Lib Dems
Scottish Labour are in a wee spot of bother, it is safe to say without controversy. Having been reduced from being the unquestionable top political force in Scotland to facing the prospect of coming third in the fast approaching MSP elections in a still astonishingly brief period of time remains, well, pretty astonishing. Kezia Dugdale is […]
Why today’s PMQs show how little Corbyn gets it
I stopped punching the Corbyn bag a little while back. Part of that came down to getting bored of saying the same thing in different ways; part of it was that the EU speech gave me some hope for the guy. Not much, I stress – but at least enough to give the bloke a […]
What to make of Theresa May’s EU speech? A review
The Home Secretary made her first intervention into the EU referendum debate yesterday with a sizable speech on the topic. Given many had assumed she would be on the Leave side of the debate a few months back, the substance of the speech made for an interesting listen. I’ll start with the positives. I liked […]
I don’t think I can handle another eight and a half weeks of EU referenduminess
I recall vividly the day a couple of weeks ago when the designations for the official campaigns of the EU referendum were announced. As expected, Stronger In and Vote Leave got the respective nods. Then Arron Banks said he was going to contest the decision – meaning the referendum might have to be postponed until October […]
Why the Brexiteers are wrong about Obama and the “back of the queue”
Needless to say, those who favour Britain leaving the EU were none too pleased with the president of the United States’ speech on the subject this Friday gone. Their reactions ranged from the somewhat sensible (the fact that America would never sign itself up to something like the European Union) to the downright barmy (Boris […]
Could this person – not Trump, Hillary or Cruz – become the next president of the United States?
For those of you watching the US presidential primaries with horror/interest, here’s a question: why is John Kasich hanging in there still? He has almost 700 fewer delegates than Donald Trump, with only 733 of them left to play for in total. He’s almost out of mathematical contention – and he’s obviously out of any […]
Prince leaves this plane: a retrospective
The artist born Prince Rogers Nelson died yesterday evening in his Minneapolis studio, at the age of 57, for as yet unknown causes. I would ideally like to add here that it is rare that musical figures of his stature die, but 2016 seems to be a year very much filled with such passings – and […]
Marine Le Pen and the EU referendum – please let this happen
Word reaches us that Marine Le Pen, the leader of France’s far-right Front National and daughter of infamous quasi-fascist Jean-Marie Le Pen (who also led FN), is thinking of coming to London to campaign for Brexit. A few outlets have run the story, including The Guardian which included this understatement of epic proportions in their […]