A tweet that seems to sum up British politics today

A tweet that seems to sum up British politics today

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An analysis of @ShippersUnbound's excellent books illustrates just how British politics has changed since the #Brexit referendum. Noticeable increase in both the FPP Score (up 68%) and CPP score (up 190%). pic.twitter.com/gvsbX0jr3J — Joe Twyman (@JoeTwyman) November 30, 2017 I’m a huge fan of the books by Tim Shipman, if you’ve not read All Out War then you should, a book about the events leading up to the referendum result, the byline was  ‘The Full Story of How Brexit Sank…

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The last 48 hours makes me content to keep on laying David Davis as next PM/Tory leader

The last 48 hours makes me content to keep on laying David Davis as next PM/Tory leader

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This was @DavidDavisMP on @MarrShow 3 September telling the public a £50bn Brexit divorce bill is "rubbish, nonsense and completely wrong!" pic.twitter.com/wNzY6XeVCf — Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) November 29, 2017 A few weeks ago Dexeu forced a correction from FT after we wrote that "Steve Baker and Robin Walker, two Dexeu ministers, admitted last week that they had not read the assessments." https://t.co/QKzA2D5mnX Now they say the assessments never existed. Weird or what? — Jim Pickard ? (@PickardJE) November 28, 2017…

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The first reaction to the Royal Engagement from YouGov and Prince Charles looks great for the Republican movement

The first reaction to the Royal Engagement from YouGov and Prince Charles looks great for the Republican movement

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1/ Half the country (52%) isn't interested in the engagement, greeting the news with indifference. Older people, Conservatives and women are the most likely to be please by the news https://t.co/z2NhJllMx2 pic.twitter.com/PnmynV3zIQ — YouGov (@YouGov) November 29, 2017 2/ By 49% to 26%, Brits would rather Meghan Markle kept her day job (though Markle has announced she will give up acting to perform Royal duties full time) https://t.co/z2NhJllMx2 pic.twitter.com/GTe7jiBYOV — YouGov (@YouGov) November 29, 2017 3/ 49% of Brits have…

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Donald Trump’s re-tweets are going to cause Theresa May some problems

Donald Trump’s re-tweets are going to cause Theresa May some problems

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https://twitter.com/MarkDiStef/status/935841585979449345 "Theresa May will be asked about this on her trip to the Middle East and repeatedly, until she gives some kind of answer, it's very difficult" @bbclaurak on Donald Trump retweeting Britain First videos "The British government will be under pressure to respond in some way" #bbcdp pic.twitter.com/JGnwUqj1Ko — BBC Daily Politics and Sunday Politics (@daily_politics) November 29, 2017 Chuka Umunna MP tells @skynews the State Visit invitation to Donald Trump should be withdrawn immediately:“He is normalising hatred.. if…

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Betting on Time’s person of the year

Betting on Time’s person of the year

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Time Magazine called to say that I was PROBABLY going to be named “Man (Person) of the Year,” like last year, but I would have to agree to an interview and a major photo shoot. I said probably is no good and took a pass. Thanks anyway! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 24, 2017 Following Friday night’s tweet by Donald Trump I thought it’d be fun to look at the betting markets on the winner of Time’s Person Of…

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Theresa May agrees €100 billion Brexit divorce bill with the EU

Theresa May agrees €100 billion Brexit divorce bill with the EU

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The Leave campaign was keen to use the gross figure to describe how much Brexit could save us to spend on the NHS. So it's only fair we use the gross figure for the agreed Brexit exit bill. It's €100bn pic.twitter.com/J1udRlDSt5 — Stewart Wood (@StewartWood) November 28, 2017 UK and EU agree Brexit divorce bill that could reach £57bn https://t.co/wvIjfEAQnn — The Guardian (@guardian) November 28, 2017 In August 75% of British voters told ComRes that paying £40 billion to…

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Symbols for our time

Symbols for our time

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In an age of hashtags, social media campaigns, lit candles and all the rest of it, it is easy to sneer. Such narcissism. Gesture politics is castigated as the last word in pointless posturing, mainly designed to make the politician – rather than the persons at whom it is aimed – feel good. “Action this day. Not words or images” – as Churchill did not say. But symbols and gestures do matter. Done right – an image, a simple action,…

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In defence of John McDonnell. Don Brind denounces the “interview as humiliation”

In defence of John McDonnell. Don Brind denounces the “interview as humiliation”

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpEK73kjiDQ “If only we Germans had a word for it”. The BBC’s comedy news programme The Now Show came up with an imagined quote from Chancellor Angela Merkel reflecting on how her failure to form a new German coalition government was being relished by her detractors. Two alleged car crash interviews by the Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell also inspired Schadenfreude and it was probably not confined to Tories. Over the years McDonnell has rubbed up against plenty of his PLP…

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