Brexit… A Landscape of Fear 24/09/201824/09/2018 First it was going to be outside in the street. The lectern was set up. The press pack were alerted. But it was only going to be two journos from…
Brexit… The Quiet Revolution 12/09/201817/09/2018 A rarely spotted phenomenon, sometimes acknowledged by one or two of the more astute political pundits, is that the Labour Party has moved away from its core of working-class voters.…
Beyond Brexit… Chequers, steamrollers and the little matter of votes. 24/07/201824/07/2018 Three days after Theresa May had imprisoned the entire Cabinet at Chequers and unleashed Olly Robbins to administer a day-long punishment beating, I received an e-mail from my local Conservative…
Beyond Brexit… Theresa May’s Great Betrayal 18/07/201818/07/2018 Back in the day, before the arrival of William of Normandy, the Anglo-Saxons had a pretty straightforward set of principles for the governance of England. It was the duty of…
Beyond Brexit… Conservative Apocalypse II 08/07/201808/07/2018 Sufficient detail of the agreement made at Chequers on Friday has now emerged to make some sort of preliminary judgement. It is looking as if the offer that the government…
Beyond Brexit… Conservative Apocalypse? – Part 2, the Schedules. 05/07/201805/07/2018 "When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it sharpens his mind wonderfully." - Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784). Note 1 - Declaration of interest:…
Beyond Brexit… Conservative Apocalypse? A Risk Assessment for Conservative Constituencies. 08/06/201810/06/2018 Note 1: This article was first published in Country Squire Magazine on 8th June 2018. Note 2: Schedules 1 and 2 which are lists of Conservative MPs who have been…
Brexit… Lemmings in the Lords 06/05/2018 In the bleak tundra of the far north of Canada, Scandinavia and Russia, live a number of species of rodents which are very closely related to our more familiar voles.…
Balance of Trade… Brexit – will it lead us into an economic abyss? 19/08/2017 The past few months have seen the wailing and gnashing of teeth by those who voted Remain, reach some sort of crescendo. James Chapman, former Daily Mail political editor, director…
Brexit… IpsosMORI – we need to talk about your tiny sample size. 24/05/201624/05/2016 Summary and Conclusions The EU referendum on 23rd June is attracting a great deal of media attention. With it has come a continuous flurry of polls from the mainstream polling…
