What motivates the Tories to impose hardship, by choice?
Sunday, April 3rd, 2022I tweeted these two paragraphs last night: I watched the Irish film, Arracht tonight. It is bleak, telling how English Tory landlords imposed starvation on
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Covid is all about the politics of denial now, for which we will pay a very high price
Thursday, March 31st, 2022This is the latest data on the number of patients in the UK in hospital with Covid: Thankfully fewer are needing ICU treatment: But it
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The Tory commitment to democracy is decidedly limited
Tuesday, March 29th, 2022If the current UK government’s attitude towards democracy needs explanation I think that can be found in this FT report: The UK government is “interested” in
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A political commitment to transparency has to be our reaction to this war. Our contribution to ‘never again’, if you like.
Sunday, March 6th, 2022I have just posted this thread on Twitter: To pretend that the world is anything like that we lived in two or so weeks ago.
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What are the Tories really saying?
Monday, February 14th, 2022This clip is short and worth watching: https://twitter.com/Haggis_UK/status/1492801870351511552?s=20&t=sUFy4ZI3FWvB35nzJKVoew The messaging in here is important. It is that parliament does not matter. The appeal is beyond
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The price that we might pay for the continuation of Boris Johnson's premiership might be very high indeed
Thursday, February 3rd, 2022To understand precisely where the UK is going under Boris Johnson’s current leadership it is worthwhile considering yesterday’s events in Northern Ireland. As the BBC
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What happens to the Tories now?
Sunday, January 16th, 2022I have posted this thread on Twitter this morning: We know that Boris Johnson’s days in Number 10 are numbered now. We can’t be sure
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The poisoned chalice that Johnson created is not just reflected in his own legacy, but in the party that he created in his image
Wednesday, January 12th, 2022There is a rare unanimity in the country this morning. A significant majority think that our prime minister is a liar and that as a
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What is Jacob Rees-Mogg's sudden interest in inflation and tax cuts all about?
Thursday, January 6th, 2022As the Guardian notes this morning: Jacob Rees-Mogg has asked Rishi Sunak to reconsider impending tax rises as the chancellor and the prime minister came
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