Boris is in New York at present, co-incidentally the city of his birth, to speak at the UN about all things Brexity (this will be pretty much the sole job of Foriegn Secretaries from now until the middle of the century at least). He warned people not to equate Brexit with a desire for isolationism. […]
You have to wonder now if Corbyn really is agitating for Labour to split
Rosie Winterton, the shadow chief whip, has attempted to calm the nerves of Labour MPs, reassuring them all that a move to deselect them is not on the cards. She wrote a letter telling them that she, not the leader’s office, is in charge of reselections if the boundary review gets actioned (which, unless World […]
The truth about Brexit and the Swiss – we really screwed them over
I’m in Switzerland at present, learning all about how the British Leave vote screwed the Swiss. That’s not the only reason I’m here, just to be clear, but it’s an interesting aspect of being in Bern at the moment. As some of you may know, Switzerland had a referendum on whether to limit freedom of […]
The Trident debate really did expose the Tories lack of opposition
The Commons voted for Trident renewal by a majority of 355. It was always going to be this way given it is the official policy of both of the two largest parties. But the debate held during the lead up to the vote was instructive in demonstrating Britain has no actual opposition at present. The […]
Has Theresa May realised that Brexit is practically undoable?
It was what she said very recently on her trip to Scotland to see Nicola that convinced me: Theresa intends to kick this into the long grass. I mean the 2020 long grass. That my previous assumption that she would just settle the whole matter via some sort of quick, Norway style EEA deal was […]
Amber Rudd is probably the most liberal Home Secretary ever
Some liberals may remember Amber as the DECC Secretary (ah, I feel nostalgic for that department already) who took over from Ed Davey; who had a letter leaked about her department not meeting renewable energy targets, thus incurring the wrath of environmentalist organisations. Those of you out there who think of Amber this way will […]
David Cameron’s last PMQs felt sad – it is the end of an era the Left should consider carefully
I was never the biggest fan of David Cameron’s. I didn’t dislike him either – I just felt he prized party unity over the hard yards his modernisation project needed if he was to have done it in real earnest. I always thought the Coalition provided him with the opportunity to redefine the Tories as […]
The Brexit process looks like it will be a nightmare – particularly for the Tories
In the midst of everything happening around a meeting of Labour’s national executive committee regarding the future of Jeremy Corbyn (which didn’t go so well), there were some interesting bits of Brexit related news yesterday. Martin Schultz, the president of the European Parliament, wrote an interesting article in the Guardian. In it, he comes across as […]
The flight of the Brexiteers
When I try and think of what the lasting image of the EU referendum might be, I will hazard a prediction (very dangerous these days – I was convinced Andrea Leadsom was going to be prime minister of the country only yesterday morning) that it could well be the slapped arse faces of Boris Johnson […]
Now that Angela Eagle has challenged Corbyn, we may see just how ugly the far-left can get
So finally, it’s on. Corbyn wouldn’t submit to parliamentary pressure and so Angela Eagle was forced to formally challenge him. Jeremy himself went on Marr to talk about it over the weekend where he displayed no discomfort whatsoever. It seems clear that whatever happens he is going to win by his own measure. Either the […]