Tag: labour-party

  • Centrism has never been liberal and is now in direct opposition to it. Liberals need to reject it and embrace a more optimistic vision of the future

    In defence of liberalism part two: centrism
  • On the night before GE day, I’ve finally written my thoughts about the campaign and my hopes and fears for the future.

    GE2024: some hot takes
  • I don’t think I’ve ever been as appalled by UK politics as I am at this point. That the Leave campaign won the referendum on a pack of lies is a fact in this post-fact world that even its own leaders have implicitly acknowledged by their equivocations, downcast faces and vanishing acts. We are in…

    Brexit: if you think Corbyn is the problem, you haven’t been paying attention
  • There’s a curious subset of democratic reform campaigners who maintain that the number one most significant reform we could make to our voting system would be to introduce a “none of the above” option. Apparently, at a stroke, this would solve all our problems as politicians face up to their massive unpopularity. I am, it…

    Labour’s headbangers: rebels without a cause
  • View image | gettyimages.com Tom Watson has been mired in controversy recently, following last week’s Panorama documentary raising doubts about the Dolphin Square paedophile ring allegations. The allegation is that he abused his position using parliamentary privilege to highlight rape allegations being made against Leon Brittan. Following an intervention by David Cameron, Watson has now…