We’re constantly told that Leavers, and Leave MPs, won’t compromise, and that it’s Remainers who are the compromisers trying to bring the country together to do justice to both the 52% and the 48%. This is just an obvious flat-out … Continue reading →
They’re so decisive: Theresa May has been warned her MPs will begin moves to oust her as soon as this week if she agrees a Brexit deal with Labour …. Senior sources within the Conservative Party said on Monday … Continue reading →
Again, I trust the Speccie won’t object too much (if they find out) to me passing on the text of this important article where Downing St’s attempted rebuttals are themselves rebutted: May’s Brexit deal: 40 rebuttals to Downing Street’s 40 … Continue reading →
Daniel Hannan is surprisingly surprised: A couple of days before the vote, in a slightly whimsical spirit, I wrote the following: “I have a horrible vision of the Prime Minister responding to the defeat by making one of those statements … Continue reading →
This post extends on Sam Duncan’s point made in the comments: looking at the raw numbers (that is, without the context of the previous local elections) it’s basically a pretty solid Tory win. Not a landslide by any means – … Continue reading →
I trust the Spectator won’t mind me passing on the text of this article, as (a) it’s extremely important; and (b) it illustrates why you should get a Speccie sub. Theresa May’s government has teetered on the point … Continue reading →
If you have a chance to vote in your local council’s elections on Thursday then do it. The second of May is the start date of the movement to wipe the Conservatives off the face of the Earth via the … Continue reading →
Once again Jim in the comments saves me some time by expressing my own thoughts well: UKIP’s day will come, strangely enough Brexit is not its real issue now. The Brexit party is what is required to get Brexit, it’s … Continue reading →
In case anyone is wondering, I’m still a supporter of UKIP. The reason I don’t mention them much, while I mention Farage a lot now, is simply because UKIP have disappeared off the radar, while the Brexit Party have taken … Continue reading →
I should mention the remarkable court case that is currently happening. Robin Tilbrook, a lawyer and the founding member of the English Democrats, has taken the government to court arguing that Theresa May’s Brexit extension was illegitimate, and so we … Continue reading →
It wasn’t that long ago that I was hoping for a split in the Conservative Party. I hoped that the Brexiteer/right-wing part of it would win, and as a result of that a lot of the soft centrists squishes would … Continue reading →
Available now in premium leather-bound hardback is the collection that all conservatives will be displaying on their coffee table this year: The Collected Works of Johnny Mercer. Finally the sustained insight of the Conservative Party’s greatest and most prolific living … Continue reading →
After this week’s failure of the Conservatives’ 1922 committee to change the leadership challenge rules, the ‘flipping point’ I wrote about the other day has now been reached, I think. The Tories are finally about to collapse. Only most of … Continue reading →
For a long time now now various pundits have been predicting the death of the Conservatives and Labour, or at least the death of the Conservatives. Years of PC policies and sucking up to the Guardian have alienated most of … Continue reading →
Conservative MP Andrew Mitchell writes a piece in the Telegraph which reveals why his party are a bunch of devious scumbags who must be removed from power. The tactic is the usual one (Hague also does it): pretend to agree … Continue reading →
