By Trump standards, no. He does not play to the rules. He hires, but also fires and has no problem doing so. There was a widespread belief in Washington that Comey’s conduct and reasoning had become an issue undermining the credibility of the FBI, both in regard to the Clinton emails and the Russian alleged involvement […]
You read my blogs and many of you are Remainers and also Corbyn supporters who want to see a Labour victory. Especially younger readers who own the future. I have enjoyed a lifetime as a political observer and at times a participant. My first election memory is of 1945 and grown ups around me expressing disbelief […]
It is certainly good news for the EU in which Macron, unlike Le Pen, is a passionate believer. He is also an internationalist, not quite the same thing as a globalist, so expect more of France on the world stage. He has come from nowhere, forming his own party which he calls a movement, to challenge […]
You read my blogs and many of you are Remainers and also Corbyn supporters who want to see a Labour victory. Especially younger readers who own the future. I have enjoyed a lifetime as a political observer and at times a participant. My first election memory is of 1945 and grown ups around me expressing disbelief […]
It would be to defy realism not to predict that the Tories are on course for a thumping victory in the general election on June 8th. Not only have they been winning the local elections in England, but unusually in Wales and spectacularly in Scotland. There are two distinct reasons. In Scotland the SNP is […]
Apparently EU politicians believe May should have called an election before triggering Article 50 to give herself a mandate. That is not necessary under the British system; Churchill only had a parliamentary mandate to fight WWII and May secured a vote in parliament to trigger Article 50. But they could be right in feeling that the […]
Several polls have Labour advancing and the Tory lead reducing, although they still have a hefty lead. Another poll suggests that a majority, for the first time since June 2016, now thinks Brexit was a bad idea. On the news last night I watched two clips. One was of May not answering questions on the Andrew Marr […]
If Winston Churchill was able to fight and win the greatest war in history, providing strong leadership, without a mandate from the British people, how is it that in our time Theresa May cannot provide either strong leadership or negotiate effectively without one?
Boris Johnson’s outburst in the Sun, gratuitously mean, insulting and cruel, will not sit well with voters in any party and will backfire. It is the flagrant bullying by the silver spoon public schoolboy of the lad with the scholarship from the terraced home. Corbyn is probably the most honest and transparent politician in the UK today. […]
In the face of unprecedented negative poll numbers Labour must hold its nerve and not panic. In the age of social media old verities do not apply in politics. Moods change fast. New ideas become trends in hours. The sheer size in the Tory lead across every kind of poll is like an overheated stock […]