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Are the Conservatives finished if they lose tomorrow?

Hector Drummond Posted on Wednesday 11th December 2019 by Hector DrummondWednesday 11th December 2019

One issue that hasn’t been talked about at all in this election campaign is what a loss would do to the Conservatives. I’ve said many times that the Conservative base is pretty fed up with the party, and is voting … Continue reading →

Posted in 2019 general election, Brexit Party, Labour Party, The Conservatives | 2 Replies

The BBC and Ch 4 need to be crushed

Hector Drummond Posted on Tuesday 3rd December 2019 by Hector DrummondWednesday 4th December 2019

In a notorious talk given to Conservative Future in 2009, Sean Gabb made the following radical recommendation: On the first day of your government, you should close down the BBC. You should take it off air. You should disclaim its … Continue reading →

Posted in Government, Media, The Conservatives | Tagged BBC, Channel 4 | 3 Replies

Loose change for trains

Hector Drummond Posted on Sunday 17th November 2019 by Hector DrummondSunday 17th November 2019

There was a lot of excitement on Friday over the news that the Conservatives say they’re going to reverse Dr Beeching’s railway closures: Boris Johnson will reinstate local railway lines axed under the Beeching cuts in the 1960s as part … Continue reading →

Posted in Government, The Conservatives, Transport | 8 Replies

Boris jumped on the seesaw

Hector Drummond Posted on Monday 11th November 2019 by Hector DrummondMonday 11th November 2019

Earlier this  year I wrote that the Tories were coming close to the flipping (or tripping) point, the point at which their voters switch on masse to another party once they realise that that other party is the main chance. … Continue reading →

Posted in 2019 general election, Boris Johnson, Brexit, Brexit Party, Politicians, Politics, The Conservatives | 1 Reply

The forever apology

Hector Drummond Posted on Thursday 7th November 2019 by Hector DrummondWednesday 6th November 2019

There’s always a fake storm over every little thing a Conservative says, cooked up by the media, that doesn’t exist in reality, or at least, not outside the inner suburbs of London: Strangely, there is no “uproar”, Laura, out here … Continue reading →

Posted in Politicians, Politics, The Conservatives | 4 Replies

Not understanding what you are

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

They really don’t get what squishes they really are: Donna Jones, the Tory candidate in Portsmouth South, on Tuesday begged Mr Farage not to stand a candidate against her.   She said: “If the Brexit Party don’t stand a candidate, … Continue reading →

Posted in Brexit Party, Politicians, Politics, The Conservatives | 2 Replies

Why do we need Johnson’s deal if there’s going to be no Parliament blocking a better one?

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

Ever since Boris Johnson concluded his October deal with the EU we’ve been told by the supposedly Leave-supporting media that although it’s a pretty bad deal, it’s the best we can get because the Remainer Parliament has tied our hands. … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, Brexit, Brexit Party, EU, Politicians, Politics, The Conservatives | Leave a reply

Parris advocated crushing himself

Hector Drummond Posted on Monday 4th November 2019 by Hector DrummondMonday 4th November 2019

This is hilarious. An article from Matthew Parris from three and a half years ago has surfaced in which he says that whichever side of the Conservative Party wins the referendum must purge the other side! This applies even if … Continue reading →

Posted in Brexit, Media, Politicians, Politics, The Conservatives | Tagged Matthew Parris | 1 Reply

Rory is the new Boris

Hector Drummond Posted on Sunday 3rd November 2019 by Hector DrummondSaturday 2nd November 2019

Rory Stewart self-promotes again with another easy interview: Stewart does not conceal his distaste for Johnson. ‘He’s not my type of person,’ he says. ‘We’re complete chalk and cheese…I’m suspicious of the whole show. I instinctively don’t like the evasions, … Continue reading →

Posted in Politicians, Politics, The Conservatives | Tagged Rory Stewart | Leave a reply

TiVo politics

Hector Drummond Posted on Friday 1st November 2019 by Hector DrummondFriday 1st November 2019

TiVo, or Sky+ in the UK, allows you to bypass the crap that TV channels mostly offer up, and create your own channel. It must be twenty years since anyone sat down and watched the same channel all night. (Personally, … Continue reading →

Posted in Brexit, Brexit Party, Labour Party, Politicians, Politics, The Conservatives, TV | 1 Reply

The LibDem Retirement Home for Old Remainers

Hector Drummond Posted on Friday 1st November 2019 by Hector DrummondFriday 1st November 2019

So now Antoinette Sandbach has joined the Liberal Democrats, and has immediately been made their candidate for Eddisbury, her existing seat. You’ve got to wonder at how shit the LibDems current candidates must be if they toss them out as … Continue reading →

Posted in Brexit, LibDems, The Conservatives | Leave a reply

A new election should empower Boris… to wimp out

Hector Drummond Posted on Friday 25th October 2019 by Hector DrummondFriday 25th October 2019

I think that if we get an election, and the Conservatives (or a Conservative-Brexit Party coalition) win a clear majority, then we should rip up Johnson’s deal and start again. Tell the EU that’s everything’s changed, their deal – because … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, Brexit, EU, Labour Party, LibDems, Politicians, Politics, The Conservatives | 2 Replies

Could Boris use the Civil Contingencies Act?

Hector Drummond Posted on Wednesday 23rd October 2019 by Hector DrummondWednesday 23rd October 2019

Mr Ecks, the strident commentator who is well-known on the ConLib blogosphere, been suggesting that Johnson could solve the Brexit situation by invoking the Civil Contingencies Act to declare a state of emergency and pull us out with a WTO … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, Brexit, EU, Politicians, Politics, The Conservatives | 1 Reply

How good is Boris’s deal?

Hector Drummond Posted on Tuesday 22nd October 2019 by Hector DrummondTuesday 22nd October 2019

The Brexit side of the media and the internet has gone crazy for Johnson’s deal. There has been a great deal of favourable coverage, and triumphalism over it. ‘They said he couldn’t re-negotiate, and he did’ the headlines yell. ‘They … Continue reading →

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

Dress it up how you like, Boris sent the letter

Hector Drummond Posted on Sunday 20th October 2019 by Hector DrummondMonday 21st October 2019

It doesn’t matter that he sent it as an unsigned photocopy. That’s just theatre. Perhaps he sent it all smudged, and dog-bitten, with annotations, and by second-class post. But the important fact is that he sent it. All the talk … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, Brexit, EU, Politicians, Politics, The Conservatives | 6 Replies

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