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What a silly hunt

Hector Drummond Posted on Friday 5th July 2019 by Hector DrummondThursday 4th July 2019

The Telegraph is trying to whip up some interest: it’s fair to say, reflecting on my many conversations with party members, that a significant number of members are less certain about their vote now than when the contest begin three … Continue reading →

Posted in Brexit, Media, Politicians, Politics, The Conservatives | Leave a reply

Philip Hammond lies ands lies, and then lies some more

Hector Drummond Posted on Wednesday 3rd July 2019 by Hector DrummondWednesday 3rd July 2019

The Chancellor warns over Johnson and Hunt’s plans to cut taxes and spend more, which is fair enough. (Personally I think the tax cuts are a good idea, but not the extra spending.) But what is astonishing in what Hammond … Continue reading →

Posted in Government, Politicians, Politics, The Conservatives | Tagged Philip Hammond | 1 Reply

Much will rest on Boris’ Cabinet

Hector Drummond Posted on Monday 1st July 2019 by Hector DrummondMonday 1st July 2019

The only thing that can save Boris Johnson, and the Conservative Party, is his Cabinet: BORIS Johnson will make everyone in his Cabinet promise to commit to leave the EU by October 31 – or they’ll be sacked.   The … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, Brexit, Politicians, Politics, The Conservatives | 2 Replies

Call the bluff of those MPs who threaten a no-confidence vote

Hector Drummond Posted on Saturday 29th June 2019 by Hector DrummondSaturday 29th June 2019

A lot of Conservative MPs are making big claims about bringing down the government if they try to pursue a WTO Brexit. I say: call their bluff. They won’t do it. As soon Boris becomes PM (assuming he does), he … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, Brexit, Politicians, Politics, The Conservatives, Theresa May | 2 Replies

The Establishment hates Boris, but that doesn’t mean he’s the Brexit man

Hector Drummond Posted on Thursday 27th June 2019 by Hector DrummondThursday 27th June 2019

There seems to be a lot of this sort of thinking happening at the moment: The Establishment is clearly trying to smear Boris in any way possible. They’re frightened of him. He’s the anti-Establishment candidate. They must fear that he’s … Continue reading →

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The chances of anything coming from Mars are… the same as Boris getting us a No Deal Brexit

Hector Drummond Posted on Thursday 27th June 2019 by Hector DrummondThursday 27th June 2019

If you’d ask me a few days ago what the odds are on Boris Johnson actually doing a No Deal Brexit would have sung you the bit from Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds: The chances of Boris getting No … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, Brexit, Politicians, Politics, The Conservatives | 8 Replies

“I apologise that I didn’t sit there and cower”

Hector Drummond Posted on Tuesday 25th June 2019 by Hector DrummondTuesday 25th June 2019

The Telegraph may have got a bit more conservative again recently, but it’s still full of enemy hostiles — consider, for example, this piece of incredibly biased reporting over the incident where Mark Field prevented a protester from getting past … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Media, Politicians, Politics, The Conservatives | 1 Reply

It doesn’t matter how Boris will shape up in the long term

Hector Drummond Posted on Monday 24th June 2019 by Hector DrummondMonday 24th June 2019

There are suddenly a rash of determined and blatant media efforts to portray Boris Johnson as unstable — for example: And he is said to be so disturbed about his divorce from Marina there have been ­questions raised about his … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, Brexit, Politicians, Politics, The Conservatives | 2 Replies

Those televised Tory leadership debates

Hector Drummond Posted on Friday 21st June 2019 by Hector DrummondFriday 21st June 2019

Why on Earth does the Conservative Party allow hostile, left-wing TV channels like Channel 4 and the BBC to be in charge of running their leadership debates? It’s their party, they should set up their own debates and tell the … Continue reading →

Posted in Media, Politicians, Politics, The Conservatives | 2 Replies

The delay to a new PM is, I think, a good thing

Hector Drummond Posted on Friday 21st June 2019 by Hector DrummondThursday 20th June 2019

Some people wanted a Boris coronation to save the pointlessness of a  month run-off between Boris and Hunt, when it’s obvious Boris will win. I can see one advantage of that — getting Theresa May out of office before she … Continue reading →

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The Rory-media lover affair is not over

Hector Drummond Posted on Thursday 20th June 2019 by Hector DrummondWednesday 19th June 2019

So now that Rod Stewart, aka Rory Stewart, has been eliminated from the Conservative Party leadership race, he can go on to the next stage of his career, which is to constantly appear on those political TV shows — namely, … Continue reading →

Posted in Media, Politicians, Politics, The Conservatives | 1 Reply

Quote of the Day

Hector Drummond Posted on Wednesday 19th June 2019 by Hector DrummondWednesday 19th June 2019

Martin, an empathetic, touchy-feely defender of Rory Stewart reaches out in the comments to heal the divide: “You won’t like Rory when he’s angry. Actually, you won’t like him when he’s not angry either, as he’s a prancing ninny.” What … Continue reading →

Posted in Politicians, Politics, Quote of the Day, The Conservatives | Tagged Rory Stewart | 1 Reply

Rory Stewart is just the latest in a long line of quasi-religious Tartuffe figures

Hector Drummond Posted on Wednesday 19th June 2019 by Hector DrummondWednesday 6th November 2019

There’s a certain influential section of the middle class that longs for spiritual authority figures to take control of our messy lives and ‘heal’ us all. But as traditional religion has waned in recent decades, politicians are more than ever … Continue reading →

Posted in Politicians, Politics, The Conservatives | 7 Replies

Cabinet clearout

Hector Drummond Posted on Tuesday 18th June 2019 by Hector DrummondTuesday 18th June 2019

Disappointing rumour from the Telegraph: As many as one third of Theresa May’s top team could be replaced by a new cadre of rising star politicians being lined up to sit in a Boris Johnson Cabinet. A third is the … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, Politicians, Politics, The Conservatives | 2 Replies

The Spectator on the Brexit bus figure

Hector Drummond Posted on Tuesday 4th June 2019 by Hector DrummondTuesday 4th June 2019

This was the Speccie’s article on the figure on the bus in 2017:     The £350m line on the Brexit bus was wrong. The real figure is higher The most regular attack-line used against leading Brexiteers is that they … Continue reading →

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