I find myself often trying to figure out what Theresa May is doing these days. As in, what is the strategy she is pursuing exactly, not just in terms of Brexit, but everything else too. One must begin by recognising that most of her premiership is about Brexit and roll from there. Instead of laying […]
Labour Live flops: why you should never overestimate your popularity in politics
In case you are unaware, the Labour Party is holding a pop concert in north London (the party itself describes it as a “one-day festival of music, art and politics that brings together our incredible movement”) on June 16th. Hear The Magic Numbers, Rae Morris, and Owen Jones (not singing, but ranting, one assumes) and […]
Could this be what causes the next major rupture within the Labour Party?
Every Monday when parliament is in session, in the early evenings, the parliamentary Labour Party meets for a chat. These get togethers have been witness to some explosive moments over the past few years – moderate MPs leaving f-ing and blinding, sometimes leaving nuggets for the assorted hacks outside to chew over – but the […]
Could the Tories really be seriously considering calling another general election?
Over the weekend, Nigel Farage, who has managed to keep effectively stirring the shit in British politics long past the point you would have ever thought possible, said he thinks Theresa May is thinking of calling another general election. His proof for this was May’s admittedly rather odd social media post, which read: “The path […]
Why yesterday’s vote in the House of Lords on the EEA was so bad for Corbyn
Last night, the House of Lords inflicted the final bunch of defeats on the government in relation to the EU Withdrawal Bill, bringing the total to 13. The most notable amongst them was an amendment that, if passed when the Bill returns to the Commons, would force the government to try and keep the UK […]
Brexiteers who want to ditch any talk of a customs union with the EU should come clean about the Union
The situation in regards to the UK-EU discussions seems to be that the cabinet argued last week about two options for supposedly solving the Irish border situation, neither of which were accepted nor rejected, and it was all immaterial anyhow as both of them had been rejected by the EU Commission already. This, combined with […]
Why Labour may now have a big problem with Brexit, much larger than generally imagined
Corbynistas continue to gnash their teeth about the local election results, alternatively blaming Blairite sabotage, the MSM, and the Tories piloting voter ID (which probably affected 0.0000000001% of the electorate, but never mind). What they may wish to consider is how bad the party’s position is on Brexit. While the fudge may have been seen […]
Reflections on the local elections 2018: man, this feels good
I can’t remember the last time any election result in Britain didn’t make me thoroughly depressed, or at the very least, dismissively irritated (like that feeling you get when watching England play football, and the keeper falls over and accidentally throws the ball into the net). But today, I feel pretty good. Everyone is going […]
Nostalgia moment of the month: Gazetta Football Italia
It was the impending World Cup that made me think of it – Gazetta Football Italia, I mean. I’m slightly dreading the next version of the tournament finals to determine which nation rules supreme in the sport of association football for various reasons, part of which is general Putin-phobia, but I feel certain I would […]
If I was Theresa May, this is what I would say to the Brexit subcommittee today
Today represents another hurdle in May’s battle for/against/whatever she’s now doing with Brexit, involving a meeting of the Brexit subcommittee. What makes it all the more daunting is that the prime minister has lost an ally in Amber Rudd on the subcommittee. She is also near the point where continuing to fudge everything is becoming […]