The other day Nadhim Zahawi, the Iraq-born Tory MP for Stratford-Upon-Avon, tweeted about his sadness surrounding the Trump Ban and how it would (we assumed at the time) personally affect him. I retweeted Nadhim and was surprised at how many people came back with something along the lines of “That’s what you get for supporting Brexit”, directed […]
Archives for January 2017
May’s trip to America demonstrates the one-sided nature of the “special relationship”
I’ll preface this piece by saying that I believe that, even if we weren’t leaving the EU, maintaining the strongest relationship available with America is vital. I also believe that for all the innumerable faults that US foreign policy has had over the years, having an America that is engaged in the world as opposed […]
Donald Trump and the radical leftist side of the new president
The Left, across the whole world, hates Donald Trump. I’m really, really not a fan of the man myself, but it interests me to figure out how the reasons I don’t like him and think he’ll be a terrible president differ from those held by leftists. I think what I have in common with the […]
Are the Tories softening on UKIP? What the Stoke by-election might tell us on that
UKIP kept David Cameron up at night, or so we were often told back in those heady days. It was the threat of the purple people eaters taking Tory seats on account of the EU issue that convinced Cameron to make the mistake that eventually brought down his premiership, namely his speech in January 2013 promising […]
Labour is walking into its own death sentence with its handling of the Article 50 bill
I wasn’t surprised when Corbyn said he will three-line whip his MPs to vote for May’s brief Article 50 bill; we all knew that was coming. However, even I didn’t think Corbyn would just roll over on the timetable, which must still be causing giggles in the government whips office. I can just imagine the discussions […]
May’s visit to America reminds us of the pathetic sycophancy Britain always demonstrates towards the US
Before we go any further, I am not someone who bemoans America’s role in world affairs. In fact, one of the things I fear about Trump’s presidency is what it will do to the global order in terms of the US retreating from the role it has played since the end of the Second World […]
I hate to keep harping on about this, but what is Labour’s position on Article 50 exactly?
Shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry had this to say about Labour’s approach to Article 50 being triggered by parliament: “Article 50, if it is going to be triggered, we will not get in the way of it, but we will try and amend the legislation in order to ensure that they keep coming back, that […]
Why the ICM 26% referendum poll should actually be really worrying for Remainers
It’s official: the Supreme Court has ruled that parliament must vote on the triggering of Article 50. May can either accept this ruling or, surreally, appeal to the European Court of Justice. I would love it if she did the latter, but it’s very unlikely. In the run up to the decision, which emerged as […]
The meeting of the far-right in Koblenz deserved much more attention than it received
Amidst Trump’s inauguration, it may have escaped some of your attentions that there was a meeting of far-right European leaders, hosted by Alternative fur Deutschland in the Rhineland city of Korblenz. Geert Wilders, Marine Le Pen, the whole far-right gang were there at a conference, open to all the public. They gave speeches and posed […]
Can anyone tell me what the hell Keir Starmer is doing at the moment?
I hate harping on the guy, I really do. Unlike when I point out when Jeremy Corbyn has done something daft, I really don’t enjoy it when I have to take the member of parliament for Holborn and St Pancras to task for a silly move. But Starmer leaves me no choice this week. After Farron […]