Tag: Brexit

  • Tony Blair’s Vision for Election Success

    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

    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

    #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…