Since the Leave vote hit us, it has occurred to me just how little the political class understands our relationship with the EU pre-referendum, never mind what the public has really absorbed on the subject. There have been many misapprehensions, but the one that really stands out is the idea that somehow we can stay […]
Archives for July 2016
Here a musical suggestion you won’t get elsewhere: look into the works of Birdie Hilltop
A very good friend of mine died less than a year ago in rather tragic circumstances. He was the one who first introduced me to the works of Birdie Hilltop, a singer/songwriter from Pennsylvania who has several albums to his name. I loved Birdie’s music from the very first minute I heard it – somehow languid […]
The move for Tory MPs to rubber stamp May as prime minster, bypassing the membership, might backfire
I’ll declare an interest right off the bat: I very much prefer Theresa May as the next prime minister. I can’t believe it has come to that, but there you are. She is far and away the least bad option here. Compare her to Michael “come meet the psychopaths I’ll be working with” Gove, and […]
The three events that completely changed British political history over the past decades
No, one of them is not the EU referendum result. That would be too obvious. Instead I have taken a trio of happenings that I think changed the course of British political history over the last ten years in unthinkable ways that could easily have gone the other way. Gordon Brown not calling the 2007 […]
The next prime minister will be Michael Gove. I don’t see how it can be avoided
Another extraordinary day in British politics was had yesterday. It rounds off an unbelievable week, the likes of which has never been seen previously. Everything has changed in a way that would have been hard to fathom seven days ago. Just when it looked like one item was settled – who the next PM is […]