“The best news of all? A Corbyn win will be the death of the Green Party. Hooray.” – Nigel Farage This slice of wisdom, the born again UKIP leader delivered unto the readers of Breibart this week. The article was the usual Farage gumbo of liberal baiting and anti-EU polemics but I have to admit, he […]
Could Tom Watson be Stalin to Jeremy Corbyn’s Trotsky?
Once Jeremy Corbyn becomes leader of the Labour Party (let’s just stop saying “if”, shall we?), he’s going to face the problem that confronts all socialist leaders at some point: it’s all going to go horribly pear-shaped as reality sets in. His party won’t listen to the serial rebel, and a strange bond in the […]
Could this be how David Miliband ultimately returns to British politics?
Let’s say Jeremy Corbyn wins on September 12th. It’s starting to possibly even look like a given, with the rumours circulating that some betting shops are considering stopping taking punts on the subject (just a rumour mind you, but that’s the way these things start). There will be miles of speculation about what happens to […]
Why Rob Blackie deserves your vote for the London Assembly
I don’t normally do this (in fact, I’ve never done this before), but I thought I’d tell you why I think you should vote for Rob Blackie to represent the Lib Dems at next May’s London elections for the London Assembly (obviously this only applies to those who are LD inclined). I guess the reason […]
What kind of closure on Iraq do we expect from Chilcot anyway?
When Gordon Brown announced the Chilcot Inquiry to the House in 2009, he said it would take a year to complete. He was roundly mocked by the opposition benches. Time has proven those Tories spot on; here we are, six years later, with not only no final report but nothing in sight in terms of […]
Should David Cameron remain Tory leader for the next general election?
We all remember the famous James Landale interview with Cameron pre-election. Or do we do so correctly? Dave, chilling out in his kitchen, a man of the people, said this about his near future political ambitions: “Terms are like Shredded wheat. Two are wonderful, three might just be too many.” The rumour mill started immediately […]
The Labour leadership contest is down to these two contenders only now, I figure
It must be said that the race towards the Labour Party’s new big cheese being in situ has been anything but predictable. I thought back in May that it would be a limp coronation of Andy Burnham, with Kendall being deemed too right-wing and Yvette too wooden and bereft of ideas to even beat out […]
How Corbynmania demonstrates that young people can be as backwards looking as anybody else
Jeremy Corbyn, should he become prime minister of Great Britain, wants to re-open the coal mines. Before you rightly point this out as yet another beautiful example of socialism and the green movement coming into conflict with one another uncomfortably for those hoping to pass them off as inexplicably linked, let’s look at how Jezza […]
Why Donald Trump makes me feel better about life
As British politics drifts into a weird zone, with the Labour Party moving ever more leftwards, I take great comfort in American politics. Because when I look at Corbyn and his band of moony-eyed followers, I can’t help but feel very right-wing. However, all it takes to feel like some left-wing pinko again is to […]
For once, I agree fully with Lynton Crosby
Lynton Crosby appeared at a speaking engagement in his native land very recently and took aim at political pundits. Fair enough – if I were him, I’d do the same thing. It’s hard not to gloat when a whole contingent of people are shown to be definitively wrong about you (I’m in that category of […]