As Boris mulls over his options the backstop must remain intact
The result of the Brecon and Radnorshire by election was not wholly unexpected. After all the Tory candidate had been found guilty of falsifying his electora expenses records, had been the subject of a recall petition, and had been re-nominated for the by-election in a gross gesture of defiance. The victorious Lib Dems had come […]
To defeat the racist in the White House, the Democrats must win over Middle America
I have never shrunk from calling out Donald Trump here as mad, bad, and dangerous. And so it will come as no surprise if I take the opportunity this week to reflect on the true meaning of his explicitly racist rhetoric including his clear incitement to a rally of his supporters to echo his racism […]
Sir Kim Darroch’s forced resignation was indicative of subservience rather than a “special relationship” between the US and UK
Sir Kim Darroch’s forced resignation at the hands of Donald Trump and Boris Johnson was the entirely predictable outcome of the utterly malicious leaking of his secret communications to the Foreign Office. I don’t buy for a minute the suggestion that the leaking was done by hackers working for a foreign state. Nor do I […]
It is easy to see parallels with the late 1930s, as truth and integrity are being displaced by cynicism and absurdity
When the Nazis finally invaded Poland in 1939, a number of things happened in terms of truth. Firstly, the invasion was a carefully concealed plan in furtherance of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact between Hitler’s regime and the Soviet communist regime of Stalin. Hitler and Stalin had carefully pre-planned the invasion by the Germans in a manner […]
The imperative of party interest has degraded Britain to a pantomime state
If, like me, you regard the emergence of Boris Johnson as odds-on successor to Theresa May with a certain feeling of numbness, it may be time to examine the path that has led the UK to this nadir in its fortunes. Let’s not mince words. Britain is degrading into a pantomime state. Boris is a […]
Boris Johnson’s ‘managed no deal’ is a myth and he will have to find the stomach to swallow the withdrawal agreement
BBC’s Radio 4 morning news Today programme has regularly interviewed British and EU politicians about the possibility or likelihood that the EU will at the last moment blink and make radical concessions to the UK demands on Brexit. This illusion seems to be based on a stereotypical view that EU summits, particularly fisheries and CAP […]