At last New Labour in parliament judges its moment has come and is mounting its attack on Corbyn’s leadership. This Blog exhaustively has studied why Labour lost in 2015 and where the votes to give it victory were to be found and they are not where New Labour supposes. Corbyn has the biggest popular mandate […]
Well here we are Post Brexit Day Two. Moody’s have downgraded the UK’s credit rating from stable to negative. The only British Commissioner in Brussels has resigned (fired), leaving the City of London exposed. The Scottish Cabinet has approved the opening of discussions with the EU institutions to determine how Scotland’s EU membership can be protected and in case […]
In the middle of yesterday’s drama Mark Carney appeared on TV to announce the availability of £250 billion in emergency funds to support the banks, whose rash bets on Remain had caused overnight financial mayhem. One of the reasons there was a surprise Brexit win was that to vote for something really stupid on a […]
The United Kingdom is now entering the most critical period of uncertainty and crisis management since the end of the Second World War. Yes there have been problems before, but they have always been at a level which did not throw into doubt where the country was trying to go, how it was going to […]
There were some who said if Brexit won nothing much would happen the next day. Well so far the pound has had a record plunge, shares opened by falling off a cliff, the Bank of England had to issue a statement of reassurance, then the Governor had to appear in person to outline emergency measures […]
This is my final post before the vote. As regular readers will know I am unmoved by economic arguments either one way or the other, or immigration fears and passions. I would vote Remain even if it cost me, because to me and my family the Union of independent states in Europe is the greatest political achievement […]
Turn Left To Power is an explosive dissertation in book form offering a fundamental redirection for Labour’s return to power, with bold ideas for a new economic and social settlement, including economic and taxation reform, restoration of responsibility in government and a renewal of democracy. Full of detailed information, hard facts and the results of thorough research and […]
This very interesting development has been more or less eclipsed by recent events connected to our EU referendum, but it is worth commenting on, not least because the theme coincides with the position I have promoted publicly for the last seven years. The German foreign minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier chided NATO for war mongering because of its […]
Turn Left To Power is an explosive dissertation in book form offering a fundamental redirection for Labour’s return to power, with bold ideas for a new economic and social settlement, including economic and taxation reform, restoration of responsibility in government and a renewal of democracy. Full of detailed information, hard facts and the results of thorough research and […]
As the campaign resumes following the dreadful murder of Jo Cox by someone calling themselves Death to Traitors Freedom for Britain, there is evidence that the surge in the polls enjoyed recently by Leave is ebbing. According to experts who follow referenda around the world, this is normal. Often, but not always, people flirt with […]