There is much buzz in Westminster today surrounding Theresa May’s interview with Sophy Ridge. Many of the more Eurosceptic news outlets reported that the prime minister had ruled out Britain remaining in the single market; others got a different impression. Let’s go to the transcript of what Theresa May actually said: “Anybody who looks at this […]
I wish the Left were consistent on the subject of imperialism
There are many things about the modern day Left that irritate me. But one of the biggest ones concerns imperialism. You can boil it down to a simple equation: British and American imperialism is one of the worst sins imaginable; anyone else outside of the West engaging in the same practice is at best not […]
John Kerry confirms what we already thought we knew about Syria and 2013
John Kerry, seeing out his last few days as Secretary of State, has discussed 2013 and the red line that never was regarding Syria rather candidly. “The president of the United States of America, Barack Obama, did decide to use force and he announced his decision publicly and he said we’re going to act, we’re going […]
I think this is what Brexit might look like
In the wake of the latest shakeup involving who will be the UK’s EU ambassador going into the Article 50 negotiations, people have wondered anew about whether or not the government has a detailed plan regarding Brexit or not. Are they simply winging it, or is there something they’d rather not discuss? For what it’s […]
Is the Fabians report on Labour’s fate right?
The Fabian Society has released a report entitled “How Labour is too weak to win, and too strong to die” which outlines in gruesome detail the situation the Labour Party currently finds itself in (it is well worth reading the whole report, which can be found here). The title summarises the paper perfectly – that Labour […]
Labour is playing a dangerous game on immigration
The “I” word has caused the Labour Party no end of problems in the past few years. Remember the “immigration mug” before the 2015 general election and all of the furore that caused on the Left? It has got worse since. A lot worse. Immediately following the vote to leave the European Union, many members […]
How am I doing so far? Reviewing my premiership predictions midway (and the dangers of making predictions these days)
Back in August, in those carefree days before we knew America could elect Trump, I had a stab at how the premiership football season ahead would pan out. Given Leicester City had won the previous year after starting the season 5000/1 to do so, this seemed a brave thing for anyone to do. I was […]
Here’s my predictions for 2017
Making any predictions for an upcoming year has become a perilous exercise recently. One only has to look at the Tory majority the experts (who people are now sick of as a result, apparently) said was less likely than an asteroid striking the Earth that did indeed take place, or the double punch of Brexit […]
How’s the start of Corbyn’s “populist relaunch” going? Oh right
As phase one of Corbyn Mark 2.0, the Labour leader has given a series of interviews and filmed his New Year message. From this we can glean what the “populist re-launch” will look like. All I can say so far is: oh dear. Let’s see what the supreme leader has told the Mirror: “I will challenge UKIP […]
Does Corbyn have a point about May’s “Tudor tendencies”?
In an interview with The Guardian, Jeremy Corbyn (shocked to see him interacting with the right-wing press) had a go at Theresa May for being like Henry VIII in her desire to keep the triggering of Article 50 from parliament, instead citing royal prerogative as the means to do this. In layman’s terms, being a […]