Now that we have the “Gang of Six”, the members of Cameron’s cabinet who have decided to break ranks and openly support Brexit, one of their ranks being Michael Gove, everyone is waiting to see which side in the EU debate Boris will support. The London mayor has said previously that he will come down with […]
Cameron gets his deal: the good, the bad and the ugly
In the end, Cameron got the deal he was after. You can say it’s a good deal for Britain, you can say it’s a bad deal…..you can say that a renegotiated position within the EU is a great place for Britain to be, at least for the moment, or you can say that we’re just […]
What happens if Cameron can’t reach a deal today in Brussels?
Talks on Britain’s renegotiation deal with the EU dragged on until 5:30 AM this morning, and yet no deal was agreed by that time. They are apparently up and running again now. If this is all elaborate last minute stage playing of differences, then it is being done with Lawrence Oliver style thespian brilliance by […]
Ken Livingstone reveals the Corbynite bid to take the PLP out of the leadership equation
Ken Livingstone has popped up in the media again, acting as usual these days like the Corbynite’s wandering Id. This time it’s about how (he thinks anyhow) Corbyn and his acolytes plan to bypass the PLP and rule the party forever more. It involves removing the PLP from the nominations process altogether, via the National […]
Prince William and the European Union
There is a kerfuffle involving a royal, and not just any royal but the one who may be the nation’s favourite. Prince William, speaking at an FCO awards ceremony last night said the following: “In an increasingly turbulent world, our ability to unite in common action with other nations is essential. It is the bedrock […]
What is going to happen on Friday?
So we’ve reached crunch time on Cameron’s EU renegotiation project. It appears that a full deal, whatever that entails, will be announced this Friday, along with the final date of the referendum itself (which looks more and more likely to be June 23rd). There’s always room for it to go pear-shaped, but that seems unlikely. […]
How these GMB comments are telling about the relationship between Corbyn and the unions
During the Labour leadership race in the summer, the trade unions as a bloc openly supported Jeremy Corbyn as their preferred candidate. There were probably many easily understandable reasons for this. One of them could have been that they wanted to try and push the other candidates to the left on certain issues, thinking Corbyn […]
Momentum are delegitimising the Left – all of it, not just their bit
An article in the Telegraph today, “Revealed: The radical hard-left Momentum activists mounting a ruthless purge of Labour“, paints a shocking picture of the pressure group Momentum. I was going to put “Labour” into the description of the organisation, but several of the members of Momentum’s steering committee have spent some time in the past […]
Could the unions push for Brexit?
I’ve seen trade unions Euroscepticism up close and personal on more than one occasion. Most of it is the old left suspicion of the whole thing as some sort of capitalist conspiracy, designed to stop the socialist utopia from ever happening. In some senses, their instincts are correct – stealing people’s land and nationalising it […]
Could there be a 2016 or 2017 general election?
The Westminster rumour mill grinds out the possibility of another general election within less than two years time on the basis of Cameron stepping down earlier, his successor calling a general election based on the move, and Labour not being able to possibly stand in the way of it. This scuttlebutt comes via that amazing […]