That bitter Remainer being everyone’s favourite example of a loony professor, A. C. Grayling, who routinely defames Brexiteers. And the Brexiteer who mocked him by giving him a taste of his own medicine is Pete North. … Continue reading →
New claims have emerged that former US President Donald Trump, and British Brexit donor Aaron Banks, had Russian connections in the 2010s. Veteran conspiracy theorist Wilder Shores made the claim after undergoing the latest hypnotic regression therapy thechnique recently made … Continue reading →
This Twitter thread about an EU lover called Daniel Salt who gradually realised how shite the EU is has been getting a lot of attention, and Country Squire magazine even ran it as an article: I was born in 1980 … Continue reading →
It’s now clear how it’s probably going to go. Theresa’s May’s sinking fortunes convince the Tories to finally go for a leadership challenge. A better leader, like Boris Johnson or Jacob Rees-Mogg, probably Boris, is installed. The right will cheer … Continue reading →
So now we know the answer to the question that’s been haunting us for years: do we stick with the Conservative Party because they’re (supposedly) the only party with any chance of keeping Corbyn out, and hope that they’ll eventually … Continue reading →
So let me get this straight. The biggest British political story in decades has just been exposed, and the media are… treating it like a minor piece of gossip. Steve Baker, one of the government Brexit Ministers, has claimed that … Continue reading →
A year or two ago on Samizdata – I can’t find the post – the opinion was floated that the Tories were now in a position to dominate UK politics for many years to come. Brexit was going to happen, the … Continue reading →
According to Paul Waugh: Rees Mogg just told ERG that he will NEVER vote against May in a vote of no confidence — Paul Waugh (@paulwaugh) July 9, 2018 Mogg tells the private meeting of fellow Brexiteers: "I will vote … Continue reading →
Remember I said that May would not be going unless she was dragged kicking and screaming out of No. 10? Remember that she said that if she won a confidence vote by even one vote she’d stay? David Davis may … Continue reading →
Last month I said this about any possible Tory confidence vote in Theresa May’s leadership: In times past a leader would be expected to resign if the confidence vote did not result in an overwhelming victory, but given the Brexit … Continue reading →
There’s an excellent article about Brexit at the Conservative Woman by Michael St George (who also runs the great Twitter account A Libertarian Rebel). In the article he says this: it seems increasingly hard to deny that, for so many, … Continue reading →
Here’s is a fair question: Why aren’t the natives in the UK voting for anti-immigrant parties like they are in Europe? One might be tempted to answer that it’s because the Brits are much more tolerant of foreigners, and less … Continue reading →
So, anyone here who knows what is going on now with Brexit? Not me. Is this deliberate, or incompetence, or both? You can expect a lot of incompetence with the Tories, especially with Theresa May in charge, but I can’t … Continue reading →
I didn’t vote for Arron Banks. I voted to leave the EU. I voted Leave in spite of Arron Banks (and in spite of the Leave campaign — the same applies to them). All this focus on Banks and foreign … Continue reading →
