Boris May gets his way
So it looks like the EU/Boris plan is the same as the old EU/Theresa May plan (as I have been saying for years): (1) Have a really awful thing in the deal. If you can get that through then great, … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Politics
Apparently Northern Ireland is expendable
If only we didn’t have to worry about Northern Ireland! Northern Ireland has long been a millstone round the neck of the rest of the UK and to fail to take back our independence because of it would be an … Continue reading →
Lazy columnist syndrome
Janet Daley gets confused: Can this really be happening? Can this tiny group of DUP politicians who represent a population of roughly 2 million people 2 million people is tiny? actually be about to undermine a deal that almost everybody … Continue reading →
There’s nothing a modern conservative loves more than to give in
Lions led by donkeys. It never changes. Here’s a proposal: let’s give a foreign power sovereignty over Yorkshire in exchange for a 2% reduction on agricultural tariffs. What’s the sensible response? (1) Get out before we cut all your throats. … Continue reading →
Facebook and libertarianism
So I’ve tried to open another Facebook account, not linked in any way to Hector Drummond, purely because there’s a sports group I’m in that uses the evil thing. After a few days, the same thing has happened that always … Continue reading →
Why wouldn’t they?
The EU is pressuring British Brexit negotiators: Fury as EU demands more Brexit concessions But of course they are. As I said a few days ago, Johnson desperately wants a deal, and the EU knows this. And they know that … Continue reading →
The perils of being a print magazine
Got this in the mail yesterday morning: Oops. A day too late. Of course there may still be no deal, but this cover was clearly designed after Cummings’ memo saying that the negotiations were now very unlikely. (I currently have … Continue reading →
Johnson is terrified of No Deal, not relaxed about it
What happens if Johnson doesn’t get a deal agreed and in place with the EU soon? Then he’s up to his neck in it. That’s why, for his sake, he has to get a deal. Think about the possibilities. Assume … Continue reading →
The last-minute stitch-up begins
And so it begins: The sudden smiles from Leo Varadkar, the Irish Taoiseach, after his meeting with Boris Johnson in the Wirral on Thursday caught everyone by surprise. They didn’t take me by surprise, because I’ve been predicting the last-minute … Continue reading →
I told you nothing’s changed for the Tories
It seems that on the government’s team only Dominic Cummings really wants Brexit: On Wednesday, the Prime Minister appeared to row back on Cummings’ suggestion that the Tories would have to fight the next general election on a no-deal pledge … Continue reading →
The old Conservatives finally have a good quality: non-existence
Heidi Allen finally embraces the lame side and joins the LibDems: On Monday night Ms Allen said the Conservative party had turned into “Ukip or Brexit Party Mark 2” adding: “The party I joined doesn’t exist any more.” Well goodness … Continue reading →
Fight the hell back, or die
This tweet sums up how I feel about politics in general at the moment: (I can’t directly link to this tweet and have it appear on my page, either because Twitter is preventing me – maybe I’m on a blacklist … Continue reading →
The gentleman fool
Following on from the previous post, I wanted to add the following. In such extraordinary times, when we are facing a coup, only a patsy, or a a very narrow-minded lawyer, says things like, ‘We have to play like a … Continue reading →
Don’t just wait around for Hilary Benn to tell you what to do
Got this comment the other day about my suggestion that Boris Johnson should add all sorts of qualifications to the Article 50 extension request: All the comments as to how Mr Johnson could avoid complying with the intent of the … Continue reading →
This is how popular net zero is
Watch this section of Sajid Javid’s speech at the Conservative Party conference. He’s about to get some applause for expressing his wish for Manchester to elect a Tory mayor. Although this is clearly an unrealistic desire, he still gets applause, … Continue reading →