Priti Patel said in an interview over the weekend that anti-Brexit MPs were, quote, “using Parliament to subvert the will of the British public”. I wish she and other Brexiteers could see that this statement makes absolutely no sense and contains an obvious logical error in its intended meaning. The whole point of the unwritten British […]
Archives for October 2016
On a scale from one to ten, how ridiculous is Bob Dylan winning the Nobel Prize for Literature?
Dylan winning this award from the Nobel crew has divided opinion, with most either deriding it as the end of civilisation or questioning why such a thing took so long to happen. This is clearly part of the reason he got the award – which is part of the problem. Instead of joining the cacophony […]
Stop the War’s stance on Russia’s behaviour in Syria is the lowest of the low
Stop the War have managed to make Boris Johnson a sudden beacon of virtue – not easily done. They have also forced me to take his side on something, which makes me rather grumpy. On Tuesday, Boris Johnson announced in the House of Commons that he would like to encourage people to protest outside of […]
Keir Starmer demonstrates how easily Labour could be a more effective opposition
He’s only been in the job for five minutes but already the new shadow minister for Brexit has done more to present an effective opposition in regards to his brief than Corbyn and his entire previous shadow cabinet had been able to in the previous three and a half months. In his first time at the box, […]
What happens when both Left and Right no longer care about the free market?
Devotion towards the free market has been a cornerstone of the Conservative Party for a very long time. At moments in the 20th century it was tempered with what would in the Thatcher years be painted as “wet” concern for equality; yet the idea that markets and the individualism that makes them work has been core to the […]
I thought Corbyn would at least drag British politics leftward – he’s done the opposite
When Jeremy Corbyn became the surprise leader of the Labour party in September 2015 (surprise as in no one gave him a chance at the outset of the contest – obviously we all knew it was inevitable well before the result was announced), I thought that amongst all the very negative things this would do for Labour and […]
Why the latest recordings really could be the end of Trump being elected president
Many pundits in the UK are wondering why the latest scandal to have hit Donald Trump’s presidential campaign seems to have created such problems for him when previous horrible things he has said have had so little impact. Sure the “grab her pussy” stuff is vile, but no worse than a myriad of other choice Trump […]
Have UKIP missed their post-Brexit moment already?
It was not a great week just gone for UKIP. The resignation of their leader 18 days after having been elected, followed by one of the favourites to take over the reins being hospitalised – after a fight with another UKIP MEP. Shambolic barely covers it. Truth is, it has been terrible for UKIP pretty […]
What the shadow cabinet reshuffle says about where Labour is headed
Most Labour moderates have jumped all over Rosie Winterton’s sacking as Corbyn at his worst, but I disagree. She and Corbyn clearly didn’t see eye to eye, and I’ve always said that the leader of any political party needs to feel totally confident their chief whip is on board. Besides, he has replaced her with Nick […]
This could be centre-left politics one remaining hope – weirdly enough
Having had time to digest conference season a little over the last 24 hours since returning home from Birmingham, I am left with few things that give me hope for the future. Liberalism is in trouble – by that I mean liberalism with a small “l”, not just within the Liberal Democrats. The turn towards social […]