Today’s argument with the Prison Officers, ending in a government court injunction forcing them back to work, is a symptom of a big storm brewing, which Hammond has to deal with in his long awaited Autumn Statement, in effect his first Budget. The problem, and it is big with multiple focus points, is that after years […]
That is a good question. Because since the June vote and the leisurely pace of the government coming to terms with the complexities of its exit task, for which no preparations whatever had been made, the world has changed almost beyond recognition. So the environment for the negotiations bears little connection to that which prevailed when […]
Every now and again there is a change of political weather. Occasionally there is a seismic shift in the directional thrust of political initiative, which heralds a new diplomatic, political and economic settlement. This is happening now. This blog is happy about that. We believe a change of direction is called for and indeed essential, because […]
All along I felt a Trump victory was on the cards because I saw the connection to Brexit and Corbyn. People across the western capitalist system are angry because it has favoured the minority at the expense of the majority. Given a chance to vote against the political, ruling and financial establishments they will do so. But […]
It appears too close to call. The scientific evidence, polling, points to a Clinton win and this is what most commentators on both sides of the Atlantic expect. But no one is betting on it. Because the Trump campaign has huge momentum and there are continuous anecdotal reports that those who travel the country encounter more […]
The referendum was advisory as authorised by Parliament, not mandatory. Parliament insists on being consulted but all parties have agreed to accept the result, so long as Britain and it people in all parts of the Union, do not suffer. While the 16 million who voted Remain were voting for a clearly defined prospectus, the status […]
The May government is in danger of losing its authority as a second of its MPs resigns because of ‘irreconcilable differences’ and a new opinion poll shows 51% now wanting to remain in the EU. There is now a three way constitutional crisis with the Courts, the Government and Parliament at loggerheads, as described in yesterday’s […]
The High Court has ruled that the government does not have Royal Prerogative Powers to trigger Article 50 to start the Brexit process, without a parliamentary vote authorizing it do to so, not least because it was parliament that authorised our original joining of the Common Market and subsequently ratified successive treaties, which upgraded the […]
Surely one would have imagined that America would be borderline ecstatic at the prospect of following the first African American president with the first woman in the White House actually running the country from the Oval office? Yet there is turmoil, claim and counter claim, tens of thousands of emails, the FBI and the whole […]