Yes, I don't deny that, however what was the promise to do? Let's say Johnson declared war on Let's say Luxembourg today, I wouldn't put it past him. ...
I don't think that screwing the promise of the first referendum is betraying the promise. Rather it would be Parliament, or the government accepting t...
My suggestion would be that the government should revoke and have a border Pole in Northern Ireland. Then try and work something out after they have d...
Yes, the EU has rejected the proposals, it was widely understood that they were never going to be sufficient, but rather a "sham"(according to Cumming...
I was thinking of a Halloween party, as Halloween is looming over the horizon. I wish I were manufacturing rubber pitch forks, I'd make a killing. Sup...
The blame game has started. Downing Street briefed this morning that in a phone call with Angela Merkel lastnight, she had said that a deal was overwh...
Yes I agree about the airbrushing of history, my family comes from Huddersfield by the way, so Yorkshire a region with its own traditions and history....
My reading of what Johnson is up to with the Benn act is that he will capitulate and ask for the extension when it is clear that he won't get his deal...
Eton is the finishing school for Tory Prime Ministers. It's just like a Victorian museum, you expect Phileus Fogg, or Jacob Rees Mogg to walk round th...
I respect the Welsh for their insistence on keeping their culture alive. Here in England, I don't know what our culture is, as to a large extent it is...
I don't disagree, but do you realise there are millions of serfs in England to, just on this side of the border rather than that? In my world, places ...
I can't imagine who would believe the pledges of the Tory party now, they have no credibility left. It will go down as the worst Tory conference in hi...
It's what I was saying a couple of posts back, Johnson is facing both ways, one way for the hard brexiters in his party and the Brexit party, the othe...
I would say that those who don't care about our union are a minority. The Lib Dems hold a legitimate position. Is there much of a Welsh independence s...
I've just heard an electoral analyst on LBC, stating that the leave vote is split between the Conservative party and the Brexit party, which is a "fig...
They don't have to support the NHS, just say they will and their base believes it. Everyone else is highly sceptical, there is a feeling going around ...
The government's (Johnson's) eagerly anticipated proposals to the EU have been published. It's a great big slice of fudge. As I was beginning to suspe...
I think I am doing something akin to discussing a game of chess without actually moving the chess pieces on the board. When I read your posts, it all ...
There is one thing that our democracy gives us which is an improvement on the alternatives, which is the ability for the electorate to remove the gove...
l don't disagree with your assement, I would add though, as before, the importance of keeping the Conservative party together in his motives. This is ...
Yesterday at the Conservative party conference, James Cleverly, Conservative party chairman said that there could be civil disobedience and rioting if...
Farage is not much of a threat at the moment. It's more of a protest movement. From my side as a remainer, he is useful because he can split the leave...
It looks a though there's going to be a no confidence vote in Parliament next week and an attempt to install a caretaker government. Fasten your seatb...
It does look like we're getting the Boris Party, a fully fledged Machiavellian tyrant. Heading at full speed for a no idea Brexit (no deal Brexit), an...
Johnson plumbed a new low yesterday in Parliament, the sickest bit was when he said that the best way to honour the death of the mudered politician Jo...
Yes the two aims are intertwined. I have long been of the opinion that he would prefer to go for a softer Brexit deal if his party was happy and the B...
I don't know what his long time aims are, or his party, as he is surrounded by chaos and it is accepted that the strategy is in the hands of a shady u...
Yes, Lord Sumption (former Supreme Court judge), on radio 4 this morning said that it was important that the court spoke with one voice because of the...
Yes, the purpose of the Judgement was to maintain the integrity of the constitution, it had nothing to do with politics and certainly didn't stray int...
This is what I expected, and is the crux of the attack on the constitution by those who are trying to ram through a no deal Brexit. The guarantee, whi...
You could try political satire, it can be just as interesting, but less worrying, and It can be funny too. Prepare for the second great sulk. Yes, I h...
Then why did he turn up? He looked like petulant bully in a school playground, surrounded by his goons, who felt he needed to show his face because th...
Trump was upstaged by a sixteen year old girl today. I bet he didn't even recognise who she was when he breezed through the climate summit and breezed...
The Labour Party finds itself between a rock and a hard place on the Brexit issue. It will be decided in the next couple of days, as the party is deep...
l mentioned Pr because we are in a position of constitutional crisis and weaknesses in the system have become apparent. I realise that constitutional ...
Yes, there should have been more detail, or follow up on what kind of Brexit the people want and I think a super majority of 60%. As soon as one looks...
Many people in the UK have an idealised view of democracy, that it must be upheld to the ends of the earth, or something like that. But that is a naiv...
As I see it the UK population has become polarised following the credit crunch, austerity has angered a lot of less well off people, often who already...
Here is Sir John Major's intervention in the appeal at the Supreme Court. Pretty damming stuff. It looks to me that the court will find against the go...
The hearing is fascinating, I can now point out what I think it will hinge on. It is quite a Gordian knot for the judges to undo. The appeal is conten...
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