This morning it has been announced that Toby Young has resigned from the board of the Office of Students. The resignation follows a barrage of complaints on social media, almost solely from the Left. The attacks seemed to focus on two things in regards to Mr Young’s supposed lack of suitability for the job. Before […]
Archives for January 2018
If you think this reshuffle means Theresa May is weak, you might want to think again
The reshuffle is ongoing as I write this, with most of it still to come. So far, it’s been a good day for Brandon Lewis, a bad day for CCHQ’s social media team. I could offer my thoughts on the reshuffle overall – from what’s in the air as rumours thus far, most of it […]
Could a Labour-SNP-Lib Dem coalition government actually work in any way?
The polls have settled into one of their periodic lulls. They consistently come back with Labour and the Tories pretty much neck in neck, both of them in the very early 40s. Some of them have the Tories a point or two ahead, some of them have Labour just ahead. UKIP are still dead and […]
Here’s the latest constitutional problem thrown up by Brexit
Unless something really unforeseen happens, the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill will pass the House of Commons in the coming weeks. This is where the fun might just begin. For it then goes to the House of Lords. Several peers have been vocal about their dislike of the Bill (not least Andrew Adonis) and the government, […]
Exploring how racism works in 2018
Happy New Year everyone. Yesterday, possibly out of boredom created by the long holiday season, I kicked a hornet’s nest on Twitter. Not like the time I tweeted at an official Assad apologist whom I knew had to have their account booby trapped by Putin bots (I got over a thousand responses; most of them […]