Tag: Brexit
Tony Blair’s Vision for Election Success
I first voted for Labour in 1997 when Tony Blair stood as the leader of New Labour, the moniker of a rebranded Labour Party that stormed the general election that year to win the biggest majority in the House of Commons (179) in the Party’s history. It was far from a perfect project, but New…
Jingle and Mingle should be the Tories’ epitaph
The recent chaos in the political landscape in the UK reached an apogee of sorts this week with a vote in the House of Commons in which members approved the censure of former Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his literal ex-communication from the seat of power. Last week Johnson resigned as a member of Parliament…
#Brexit: A story in five parts
Everyone has an opinion about Brexit. About the good. The bad. And the ugly. The chaos at the port of Dover this weekend – along with everything else related to transport: queues and baggage-handling nightmares at airports, train strikes over staff pay and benefits – are being put in the Brexit frame too. If I…