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Month: February 2019

Whilst TMay is said to be contemplating a no deal Brexit LAB’s once again embroiled in an anti semitism row

Whilst TMay is said to be contemplating a no deal Brexit LAB’s once again embroiled in an anti semitism row

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Theresa May is now seriously contemplating a no-deal Brexit. Here's the story of why:https://t.co/WFDKKd60Ql — Paul Waugh MP (@paulwaugh) February 11, 2019 Labour MPs thought new data on anti-semitism would help clear up the problem. After tonight's PLP, many left 'depressed' or angry, or both. Full report:https://t.co/zbmj7eEz22 — Paul Waugh MP (@paulwaugh) February 11, 2019 Mike Smithson Follow @MSmithsonPB Tweet

The party whose leader has the worst LOTO ratings on record refuses to accept an anti-Brexit petition

The party whose leader has the worst LOTO ratings on record refuses to accept an anti-Brexit petition

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https://twitter.com/DanielHewittITV/status/1094950712134590466 The Corbyn/Milne ambivalence with be remembered A hour or so ago the anti-Brexit People’s Vote campaign sought to hand in a petition about the leadership’s stance at the LAB party HQ. What happened and filmed by the media might not, with the passage of time, look smart. Simply to refuse it doesn’t look good especially on a day when it has been revealed that Corbyn’s letter to TMay on the party’s approach forgot. to threaten a referendum. This is…

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The WH2020 Democratic nomination race: Sanders and O’Rourke best placed for the early rounds fundraising

The WH2020 Democratic nomination race: Sanders and O’Rourke best placed for the early rounds fundraising

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Chart compiled by New York Times In the smartphone age digital donors are paramount Over the weekend the New York Times published the above chart showing the number of potential online financial supporters that those who have declared that they are running for the Democratic nomination and those who are tipped to put their hat into the ring have available to them. Given that there are strict US rules on the maximum that an individual can give to a contender…

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Learning from history

Learning from history

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It is hard – and often painful – to see ourselves as others see us. Countries don’t face annual 360° appraisals. It is perhaps a back-handed compliment that Britain has been important enough to be subject to the scrutiny of others.  Famously, in 1962 Dean Acheson commented that “Great Britain has lost an Empire and has not yet found a role.” Twitter was not around then but the speech, with its acute eye for Britain’s confusion about its role in world…

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Crossing the Rubicon

Crossing the Rubicon

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I am looking forward to meeting @SteveBarclay in Brussels on Mon evening. I will listen to how the UK sees the way through. The EU will not reopen the Withdrawal Agreement. But I will reaffirm our openness to rework the Political Declaration in full respect of #EUCO guidelines. — Michel Barnier (@MichelBarnier) February 8, 2019 For reasons I need not go into now, a few years ago I had occasion to go on a stag weekend to Barmouth in west…

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Damian Hinds – the 100/1 CON leadership longshot who at Oxford beat Moggsy for the Union Presidency

Damian Hinds – the 100/1 CON leadership longshot who at Oxford beat Moggsy for the Union Presidency

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A guest slot betting tip from Woody662 I’m sure those political obsessives amongst us all remember the ‘Party Games’ episode of Yes Minister where 2 candidates on the extremes of the party were frontrunners for the post, only for the civil service to conspire to see them withdraw in favour of a compromise candidate. Sir Humphrey and Sir Arnold listed their requirements ‘malleable, flexible, likeable, No firm opinions, no bright ideas ect’ and eventually arrived, to initial self-amusement, at Jim…

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Punters could still be under-rating the chances of No Deal

Punters could still be under-rating the chances of No Deal

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Betdata.io chart of movement on the Betfair exchange The route to any other outcome is fraught with difficulties You might think that with 94% of the time between the referendum and the scheduled Brexit Day now gone, we’d have some idea as to when and how Britain will be leaving the EU. Arguments about conceptual arrangements would have been better had in 2016 rather than in the final weeks. Instead, even the question as to whether the country will leave…

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A Labour Twitter thread with a sting in the tail from Michael Crick

A Labour Twitter thread with a sting in the tail from Michael Crick

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Unlike the Tories, who charge thousands of pounds to go pheasant shooting with their ministers, a Labour government will never be bought off by the rich and powerful.https://t.co/mFBYHGTSK2 — The Labour Party (@UKLabour) February 8, 2019 Great. Can I book appointment for a cuppa with Mr Corbyn right now then please – milk, no sugar? I’ve not managed to interview him since the election. — Michael Crick (@MichaelLCrick) February 8, 2019