From Ducky McDuckface in the comments: Naked exercise of the power. The EU, particularly the way the UK government chose to implement membership, means that ministers and civil servants have a great deal of latitude in the development and implementation … Continue reading →
There’s been a lot of comment recently in the newspapers about how Remainers want us to stay in the EU because they don’t trust themselves to run things any more. This is the wrong answer. The real answer is that … Continue reading →
Following on from yesterday’s post about Matthew Parris and his recent MPs-should-ignore-the-people Spectator article, you’ll notice, I trust, that Parris’s whole way of talking is more suitable to a member of a hereditary ruling class than an elected democratic representative. … Continue reading →
Jim in the comments: The thing is he’s [Parris] not 100% wrong. You can’t have the public involved in every small decision of government, it would be chaos. To govern is to choose and sometimes you have to choose things … Continue reading →
A few weeks ago in the Speccie Matthew Parris came right out and said that the government should ignore the people: Oddly, then, this column is not really about Brexit, but about trusting the people. I don’t. Never have and … Continue reading →
In the Telegraph: Our man in Brussels James Crisp says that Nathalie Loiseau, France’s Europe minister, has had this to say: [Question asked of Loiseau:] Is there a new way you could prove to MPs you don’t want to use … Continue reading →
In a highly revealing article former MP Matthew Parris admits that the Conservative Party would often lie so that it could do what it wanted. And when it didn’t lie it fudged and avoided issues in order to prevent the … Continue reading →
I’ve always hated Jeremy Hunt, but if he can help swing a Managed No Deal then he can have my kidney if he needs it. Same for Penny Mordaunt, who’ve I’ve never hated, but don’t think much of. But do … Continue reading →
Mrs May had also promised backbenchers on Wednesday that she would not fight the next general election, but it became clear yesterday that her pledge only applied if that election came in 2022. At least we now know who the … Continue reading →
Everything comes to an end of its natural life, and it’s now time for the Conservative Party to wither and die. It had become little more than a politically-correct New Labour/ruling class party, given one last chance by the voters … Continue reading →
The question everyone’s asking: Will the UK get its own ‘gilets jaunes’ protest movement? Answer: We already have our own British yellow vests, who are at this moment wreaking havoc upon the country, its traditions, its culture and its economy. … Continue reading →
A lot of people, including Guido Fawkes, have recently been attacking UKIP for its new direction, and pointing out all the UKIP MEPs and other notable party figures who are leaving. However, it must be noted that UKIP has performed … Continue reading →
Labour still worries me. As I’ve been saying all along, in reality they, like the Tories, cannot stomach a no-deal Brexit. And now it’s explicit: Labour are backing a cross-party bid to ensure the UK cannot leave the EU without … Continue reading →
David Allen Green tweets: There should never be a UK-wide referendum ever ever again. On constitutional issues pertaining only to some of the four member states of the UK, fine. But UK wider referendums are a negation of parliamentary supremacy, … Continue reading →
There’s no doubt that Tony Blair was always an amoral opportunist, but I think something snapped in him after the left protested so vehemently against the Iraq War. It’s like he said ‘If you won’t venerate me as a great … Continue reading →
