That Tory Victory And Labour Defeat In The UK General Election
Many explanations have been offered for the humiliating defeat of the Labour Party in the UK general election but perhapsContinue Reading
Tag: The Conservative Party
The UK General Election. Just As Mad As Brexit And Possibly Just As Pointless
The frenetic pace of the general election campaign in the United Kingdom is such that in the last few daysContinue Reading
Boris Johnson: New Conservative Party Leader, Next UK Prime Minister
So that’s it. After much debate and acrimony Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson has been elected as the leader ofContinue Reading
UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt Equates “Irish Blood” With Being British
Following a number of media appearances over the weekend I think I may have been overgenerous in my interpretation ofContinue Reading
Jeremy Hunt: To Protect Peace, Both Sides In Troubles Need To Be Treated The Same
After two years of Brexit-frenzied politics in the United Kingdom it’s almost shocking to hear a UK leader expressing aContinue Reading
Lord Bew And The Policy Exchange: Misrepresenting The Backstop Protocol
World by Storm has done an excellent job of rebuffing the latest Brexit-facilitating proposals from Lord Bew and the PolicyContinue Reading
Sajid Javid: Pay Ireland Hundreds Of Millions To Erect A UK Border
It seems that Sajid Javid, the Secretary of State for the Home Department in the United Kingdom and a chiefContinue Reading
Amnesty For The British Army, Prosecution For The Irish Republican Army
The high-profile campaign by conservative politicians and media figures in the United States to absolve US military personnel of theirContinue Reading
Video: Brexit-Supporting Tory MP David Davies Called A “Traitor” By An Irate Brexit Supporter
Brexit meets Tory as the Conservative Party and Leave-supporting MP David Davies is confronted by a Leave-supporter during an interviewContinue Reading
The Labour MPs Of The Independent Group. More Tory Than The Tories Themselves?
When it comes to politics, I’m pretty much your typical centre-left, social-democratic, wishy-washy, and occasionally hypocritical, bleeding heart liberal. IContinue Reading
Boris Johnson Plays Orange Card In Bonkers Speech To Rapturous DUP Conference
The United Kingdom’s colony on the island of Ireland, from the historical Thirty-Two Counties to the contemporary Six Counties, has longContinue Reading
Greater England And The Dream Of A Brexit Empire
I doubt that you will find a better summation of the delusions still gripping the Brexit movement in the UnitedContinue Reading
The DUP Threatens Political Chaos If Theresa May Crosses Its Blood Red Brexit Lines
It seems that the Democratic Unionist Party is sticking to its tooth-and-nail opposition to a compromise Brexit deal between theContinue Reading
Majority Of UK Leave Voters Would Risk Peace For Brexit
87% of people in the north-east of Ireland who voted in favour of the United Kingdom withdrawing from the EuropeanContinue Reading
Jeremy Corbyn Rejects An Irish Sea Border But Offers No Concrete Alternative
If the assessment of the press in Britain is correct, Theresa May seems to have brought her tottering government toContinue Reading
Boris Johnson’s Suicide Vest Diplomacy With The EU
Talking of political inanity, Boris Johnson, the United Kingdom’s former Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and theContinue Reading
The Tory Brexit Plan: Defend The Falkland Islands And Build A Star Wars Missile Shield
Over the weekend the press in the UK carried a number of leaked recommendations from a draft report by the EuropeanContinue Reading
Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg: We Can Reimpose A Border “Just Like During The Troubles”
Brexit fanaticism in full effect as the Conservative Party politician Jacob Rees-Mogg, one of the main leaders of the anti-European campaignContinue Reading
A Close Encounter Of The Obnoxious Kind With Brexit
Until yesterday I had no intention of writing about a rancorous experience I had with some pro-Brexit visitors from theContinue Reading
The British Are Offended By The DUP Anti-Abortion Stance. But Not By Its Sectarianism
It seems that the steady normalisation of the Democratic Unionist Party in the mainstream of British politics has come toContinue Reading
Jeremy Corbyn Visits Belfast, The British Press Revives The Troubles
The hysterical reaction by a significant section of the news media in the United Kingdom to the forthcoming visit byContinue Reading
Rival Tory Factions Compete For Influence In Brexit Britain
If we are to believe the reports from the Irish and international press, it seems that Theresa May, the lacklustreContinue Reading
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