It’s getting hard to know what to say about all of this. I mean, there is so much going on, technically speaking, that there should just be so much to talk about. Strangely, no. Take Theresa May’s speech on Wednesday. It was awful, sure, yet it was no more awful, really, than any other speech […]
Your guide to another mad, mad week ahead in Brexitland
Theresa May might bring her Meaningful Vote back to the House of Commons for a third time on Tuesday. She will only do so if she thinks it’s going to pass – one barometer of this will be what the DUP intends to do. To that end, May met with them this weekend to discuss […]
Why Brexit has started to feel like the guy who sells everything he owns to become a hip hop sensation
The problem with Brexit is that it is undoable, say many Remainers. They are actually softening the blow when they say this; the truth is, Britain is unable to do Brexit because it simply isn’t up to it. I know, I know, this is the thing no one is supposed to mention. But look at […]
Will the EU’s last second “concession” be enough for May to get her deal through parliament?
Last night, Theresa May flew to Strasbourg to have a meeting with Juncker, this being the 11th hour so many Brexiters have predicted would be the moment of total EU capitulation. Both May and Juncker emerged triumphant at a press conference late last night, the British prime minister declaring that she’s got the deal now […]
Here’s what Theresa May should do now
I’ve explained what I believe the prime minister should do at several points during her premiership. Although I have been wrong on many things since I started this blog (most notably being sure the Tories would get a massive majority after the 2017 general election was called), I can’t look back and say any advice […]
I don’t see how we aren’t headed for a lengthy delay to Brexit
Several things obvious to eventually take place, at least to those paying close attention to the Brexit process, have been confirmed this week already. Geoffrey Cox, the Attorney General, has tacitly admitted that the EU isn’t going to reopen negotiations and change the backstop in any meaningful way. This means the ERG won’t vote for […]
Everything Corbyn is doing now will only delay the eventual Labour split
Last night, the Hackney North CLP passed an amendment 45 to 35 that essentially ratified the point that got Chris Williamson suspended from the party, just with more detail and words like “fact” put in quotations. That was at the end of a day which saw Lisa Nandy and Wes Stressing arguing on live television […]
Both May and Corbyn have backed themselves into a corner on Brexit – and this is what that might mean for what happens next
Theresa May is in real trouble on Brexit, but that’s no surprise. What is, a little bit anyhow, is the fight shown by Conservative MPs to stop no deal Brexit from happening. It wasn’t something I was counting on, particularly when you figure out that Tory voters aren’t going to thank them for it (even […]
On Shamima Begum and British citizenship
Despite the headline, I actually don’t want to talk about Shamima Begum in the specific very much in this article. I don’t want to get lost in discussing what it is she did that led the Home Office to strip her of her British citizenship; I want instead to focus on why I think that […]
Why both the Tories and Labour (and really, the Lib Dems) are taking the threat of the Independent Group way too lightly
Needless to say, The Independent Group could possibly flop from here. There could be no more resignations from the two big parties, for starters, which would leave it dead in the water, the 11 souls stranded on their own political island. The group could really screw up – we’ve had the unfortunate “funny tinge” moment, […]