I was stood four feet away from the Liberal Democrats’ campaign director as the exit poll was announced. The language used wasn’t what you’d normally associate with the soft, fuzzy, sandal-wearing Lib Dems. Yes, dear reader, this general election was … Continue reading HINDSIGHT IS 2020 – We’re Back, Baby
We are in “Squeaky bum time”, to quote from Sir Alex Ferguson. If Johnson fails to negotiate a deal with the EU, based on the slim pickings he sent them last week, then we have an almighty clash on our … Continue reading FACTUALLY IN-ARCURI-TE : Poll Dancing and Parliamentary Democracies
Don’t let the smoke and mirrors fool you. This has been yet another terrible week for Boris Johnson. Despite his swashbuckling display at the Tory party conference, and praise for a toned-down rhetoric in Parliament yesterday, he’s still playing the … Continue reading Weekly Wrap-Up : LIES, DAMNED LIES, AND LOGISTICS
Yesterday was like watching politics through a fairground mirror. While normality, and sensibility, reigned out the outside, proceedings were bizarrely distorted through the looking-glass. Boris Johnson gave his keynote speech at the Conservative Party conference and, in all credit to … Continue reading BEYOND THE PALE : A Bad Day For Brexit, But Hope For The Future
The Tory Party Conference is currently in full swing, and you can imagine what it’s like. A room full of crackpot old farts falling asleep to dismal speeches given by sub-par Ministers, Parliamentarians and commentators. You can imagine it is … Continue reading KNACKERED JOHNSON : Why The Tory Conference Is Irrelevant
Even the weekends are mad these days. We enter this week with the real chance of it being Johnson’s worst yet since becoming Prime Minister. Either today or tomorrow, the Supreme Court will make its ruling on his prorogation of … Continue reading CONTACTS, CONFERENCE AND CONFLICT : PM In New Scandal, Labour Lose Plot
Here we are. Some fifteen years in the making, we are finally living in a Boris Johnson Britain. The politician who undoubtedly won the “Most likely to follow own ego until they become Prime Minister” prize at school is now … Continue reading Weekly Wrap-Up – 19/07 – 25/07
D-Day. Or rather, B-Day. In yesterday’s scorching heat, itself preceded by tumultuous thunderclaps and lightning flashes during the night, the sun set on one era and rose on another. It was a day of drama, tension, and upheaval – everything … Continue reading Swinging His Johnson About
As I write, it is 1am. It is currently apocalyptic outside. With a torrential downpour acting as the percussion, the night’s sky is a symphony. Regular, pallid illuminations of the garden act as a melody, with the alarmingly frequent forks … Continue reading Long Live The King
Well, folks, here we go. Today, we will find out whether our new Prime Minister will be Boris Johnson (it will) or Jeremy Hunt (it won’t). While it is almost certain that the blonde, bumbling BoJo will take office, the … Continue reading You Swinson, You Lose Some
