The time to end the monarchy has arrived
Monday, January 9th, 2023I am not a fan of the monarchy. That has nothing to do with the people involved, excepting those of them who might think they
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Sunak and Starmer: the two sides of failing first-part-the post politics
Friday, January 6th, 2023I commented on Keir Starmer’s ‘vision’ speech a number of times yesterday, mainly by reproducing tweets I had posted during and after its delivery. The
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We have a democratic deficit
Sunday, November 6th, 2022I posted this thread on Twitter on this morning: I was interviewed by Matt Frei on LBC yesterday. The subject of discussion was Brexit. At
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Sunak has created a government that will be defined by hate
Wednesday, October 26th, 2022I posted this thread on Twitter this morning: Yesterday I suggested that Sunak was likely to fail. The thread in question got read a lot.
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Sunak has been set up to fail and the likelihood is that he will
Tuesday, October 25th, 2022I posted this thread on Twitter this morning: Rishi Sunak could be a great prime minister. That possibility cannot be denied. Equally, the probability that
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Sunak will be terrible, and unless Labour changes tack he could win despite that
Monday, October 24th, 2022I posted this thread on Twitter this morning: At the time of writing it seems very likely that Rishi Sunak will become prime minister today.
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Can Labour really fill the Tory created political vacuum that now exists in the UK?
Wednesday, October 5th, 2022I posted this thread on Twitter this morning: The Conservative Party is collapsing in front of our eyes. The suggestion that there was no one
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In The Echo Chamber
Wednesday, October 5th, 2022I recorded this with the guys from The Echo Chamber podcast, based in Ireland, on Monday: I’d suggest it’s worth a listen, but I am
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Filling the voids in the post-Elizabethan era
Tuesday, September 20th, 2022I posted this thread on Twitter this morning: It’s indisputable that the Queen’s death marked the end of an era. It also creates two empty
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