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The Curse of Small Political Parties
How Fringe Factions Fuel Dysfunction in Israel and Beyond [1,097 words, 6 minutes read time] When Hamas attacked Israel on October 7th 2023, they massacred 1,195 people, 736 Israeli civilians (including 38 children), 79 foreign nationals, and 379 members of … Continue reading
Posted in Brexit, Comment, Electoral Reform
Tagged "Labour Party", Corbyn, elections, Gaza, israel, news, Politics, uk-politics, war-crimes
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Will Hutton at the Fringe…
John Curtis: His framing of a possible future Scottish independence referendum was not one I had previously heard: a choice between one union, in which Scotland is currently a very significant if somewhat discontented fraction, and another, in which Scotland would be a very small part. Continue reading
Posted in Brexit, Comment, Economics, Electoral Reform
Tagged "Labour Party", Economics, electoral reform, john-crace, john-curtis, keir-starmer, Politics, uk-politics, will-hutton
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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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Tagged "election debate", "referendum", Boris, Etchingham, ITV, Jeremy
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Brexit Revisited
The Democratic Case for Pooling Sovereignty Although I voted to remain in the European Union in the 2016 referendum, this did not reflect an entirely uncritical view of the European project and, in particular, its democratic structures. I was interested … Continue reading →