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Reading the Entrails of the Election
Tony Blair has been prominent in the voices of those seeking to divine the meaning of the 2019 election, dismissing Labour’s current incarnation as “a brand of quasi-revolutionary socialism [that] never has appealed to traditional Labour voters….The takeover of the … Continue reading
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Tagged "Dominic Cummings", "Labour Party", "Tony Blair", electoral reform, SNP
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Leadership in the 2019 Election: the Good, the Bad and the Indifferent
Let me start by putting in a word for Nicola Sturgeon. Were she to concede to be Prime Minister of the United Kingdom she would probably make a better hand at the job than the other candidates on offer. Once … Continue reading
Jeremy Corbyn: Honest Broker or Untrustworthy “Old Grandpa”?
The Question Time Leaders Special on the 22nd November in Sheffield may seem like ancient history, but the charge of anti-semitism made against Jeremy Corbyn in the debate has fuelled a widely accepted narrative that fed into Corbyn’s damaging interview … Continue reading
A Second Round with the Champ: Will Boris Hen it?
During the Tory leadership campaign, Boris Johnson was interviewed by Andrew Neil. Neil was obviously determined to thwart Johnson from diverting the event into one of his rhetorical flights. Indeed, at one point, the aspiring party leader interjected: “You’re choleric … Continue reading
Contracts, Manifestos and Constitutional Reform
On Politics Live Brexit [22Nov2019], Party MEP Ben Habib, put in an appearance, waving the Brexit “contract”, the Brexit Party alternative to a manifesto. The Faragists insist that manifestos are untrustworthy and not a set of serious and binding commitments … Continue reading
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Tagged "Ben Habib", "Brexit Party", "Holly Rigby", Contract, Labour, Manifesto
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The Liberal Democrats and the Art of the Impossible
“I think I am quite different to the other leaders.” So said Jo Swinson at the launch of the Liberal Democrat manifesto. [20N0v2019] “They’ve all got an outlook which is very much harking back to the past, whether that’s the … Continue reading
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Tagged "New Deal", election, environment, infrastructure, Keynes, Roosevelt, swinson
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Boris versus Jeremy
There are I think moments when a leader should stand on principle. There are however other moments when they should listen and be led; this is such a moment.
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Posted in Brexit
Tagged "election debate", "referendum", Boris, Etchingham, ITV, Jeremy
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Public control of a full fibre network and the implications for our freedoms
I have just been listening to Claire Fox of the Brexit Party on Any Questions [15Nov2019]. She strongly opposes Labour’s Policy to take BT Open Reach into public ownership and embark on a plan to roll out a full fibre … Continue reading
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Tagged "Any Questions", "Brexit Party", "Claire Fox", "cyber security", "Full fibre", "Labour Policy"
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Conservatism – A Hopeless Case
I am certainly not a fan of those citizenship tests widely advocated by conservatives for new migrants. Just let them get on with it, I say, and by the time the second generation has matured they will be as distinctively British in their own way as Grayson Perry or Punk Rock Continue reading
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Tagged "Daniel Hannan", "Edmund Burke", "John Ashmore", "Kate Andrews", "Robert Colville", "Stephen Parkinson", CapX, Conservatism
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The Unborn will not be Celebrating
“The unborn will not be celebrating.” So said Arlene Foster as legislation permitting abortion was introduced to Northern Ireland. It is unsurprising that people who hold religious beliefs should argue against abortion: however the implication that the unborn might have … Continue reading
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Tagged "right to choose", "unborn child", abortion, Ireland, philosophy, rights, theology, Ulster
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