Writing in the foreword of the 1946 edition of his own novel from 15 years previous, “Brave New World”, Aldous Huxley said this: “For the last 30 years there have been no conservatives; there have only been nationalistic radicals of the right and nationalistic radicals of the left.” Huxley saw the First World War – […]
Archives for August 2019
Johnson proroguing parliament is a gigantic dare to Remainers. Here’s where I think it takes us
The big news yesterday was that the opposition leaders had managed to have a productive meeting about what do to try and prevent a no deal Brexit. Even Corbyn had been brought on side with a plan to attempt to halt it through legislation. Given the number of Tory MPs who would be willing to […]
Why revocation of Article 50 is a much larger possibility than is being talked about at the moment
The “national unity” government idea continues to hog breathing space in Westminster gossip columns. Funny, I was the one talking about it years ago as a possibility when no one thought it could ever be a thing; now I really don’t see it happening. It’s too big a leap for too many MPs to take […]
Why the polling on a government of national unity should actually give Remainers hope and urgency
The pro-Brexit portion of the print media has been talking up a YouGov poll this week, done on the topic of what the public thinks about a government of national unity to halt no deal Brexit. It found that 44% oppose the idea of bringing down Boris Johnson’s government and temporarily replacing it with a […]
Lessons from Brecon and Radnorshire
The Lib Dems did it. In what may turn out to be an era defining by-election, the Liberal Democrats took back Brecon and Radnorshire yesterday. Here are my main takeaways: The Lib Dem surge is real. But it is still fragile at this point Some pundits are pointing to the fact that this was a […]