On the day Mrs Thatcher announced that she was leaving Downing Street I travelled to Westminster from west London, where I was living at that time. A fellow student asked me on Richmond Bridge why I was doing so. “Because this is a historic day,” I replied. I don’t know whether she thought I was […]
Nigel was up (in Scotland). Nigel was down (in London). Robert was out (of the Conservatives). Robert was in (Reform). If ever a day in British politics deserved to be overlaid with the Benny Hill music, it was Thursday. As always, commentary soon turned from what was happening, to what it meant. High profile defector
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The idea that being in a Customs Union with the EU is going to unleash economic growth is, I am afraid, fantasy economics. The received wisdom in some quarters that Brexit has been a complete failure is also fantasy. Yes, our politicians could do far more to benefit from the freedoms they now have, but
Dear Readers, It’s time to ring in the New Year (quietly, for those of you nursing the hangover from hell), and hope that the memories of 2025 fade just as quickly as the Alka Seltzer in your glass. Because if ever there was a year deserving of a swift and merciless oblivion, it was the
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Love him or loathe him, even Nigel Farage’s fiercest opponents would have to concede he has the Midas touch when it comes to triggering political earthquakes. Back in 2014, Farage steered UKIP to victory in the European elections — the first time in modern history that neither the Tories nor Labour had won a British
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Arrogance run amok. It is the most apt comment to characterise Britain’s justice minister David Lammy’s new understanding of what constitutes justice in England. His new scheme is to deprive many Britons of the right to be judged by 12 of their peers, insisting he has “a superior understanding of Magna Carta” and that the
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Going Nowhere As the season of goodwill approaches, it’s traditional to take pity on those less fortunate than ourselves. And there are few sights more pitiable than a Prime Minister reduced to uttering the words “I’m going nowhere”. Keir Starmer is right of course – he’s going nowhere fast, and dragging the country’s there with
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With the recent Budget going down about as well as Keir Starmer at an orgy for those who can actually see, it looks set to be a rough week for the Treasury. Taxing things others can only dream of is clearly Rachel Reeves’ first love; closely followed by plagiarism, ‘winning’ chess tournaments by coming joint
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There is a pleasing synchronicity that Oxford announced its word of the year is “rage-bait”. After a weekend of splenetic fury over the Chancellor’s statements in the run-up to the Budget, which have been revealed to be, if not lies exactly, then certainly economical with the actualité. One might expect her opponents at the Daily
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The Guardian reported last week that the British military is preparing for operations in Ukraine. While this was easy to treat as mere sabre-rattling, Keir Starmer’s declaration reaffirming the UK’s unwavering support for Ukraine is not just leftover Labour-campaign rhetoric. Contrary to prevailing theories on international relations, conflict is not a failure of diplomacy for the
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