2017 General Election, the winners and losers
Theresa May is proving to be a formidable politician on the big stage, the timing of this election is just perfect for her to destroy a lot of foes and […]
UKIP
What is the Labour leadership contest really all about?
Just when all the political classes normally take their annual two month break they are having exactly what they don’t want. A leadership contest. All ballots must be returned by […]
David Cameron’s five big political Brexit mistakes
These are the very best of times. We have got rid of a Blairite Prime Minister, who punished successful people far more than Gordon Brown ever did. We have got […]
Why UKIP will succeed
Whatever happens in the EU referendum UKIP will go from strength to strength, it could well become one of the two major parties in Britain. This article explains how and […]
What did the recent elections tell us?
(Throughout the article click on highlighted text to see further analysis) The recent elections were very broad in their scope, 2 Parliamentary by-elections, London and Bristol Mayors, a huge swathe […]
Rochester and Strood. A great day for the Conservatives
Firstly in House of Commons politics this will have zero effect. Mark Reckless will be wearing a different badge in the House but he will be thinking and acting the […]
Are the Labour party in their death throes?
In Britain we have what is called a representative democracy, where each and every voter has a specific MP to look after their interests. Voting is in a simple first […]
The EU is utterly awful. The EU is amazingly good
The European Union is in the news a great deal these days, so it is time to bring some order to proceedings. Overall my views are very ambiguous. My wife […]
UKIP “policies”
Proper political parties have policies, ideas that they want to implement to make Britain a better place. These policies are thoroughly thought through and properly costed. They then come under […]
Conservative party defections to UKIP
This is so unimportant that I wasn’t going to write about it. But yesterday at conference I was grabbed by a Sun journalist about it, hence my picture in the […]
How Red UKIP can succeed
In the UK our parliamentary system uses a first past the post system that makes life incredibly difficult for a third party. This is good because it leads to strong […]
Problems with UKIP politicians
It is too early yet to tell how the UKIP MEPs elected this year will turn out. However we can take a look at the 13 MEPs that UKIP sent […]