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Brexit isn’t even working for racists – so why can no one stop it?
It was a fitting if sombre irony that the Windrush generation scandal broke on the 50th anniversary of Enoch Powell’s infamous “Rivers of Blood” speech. Public attitudes have moved on and modern Britain is not the racially torn dystopia that Powell predicted. Far from it – most voters agree that migration and open borders benefit … Continue reading
Review: Labour veteran, Tom Harris, and Cobynite, Liam Young, may loathe each other – but they’re not nearly as far apart as they think they are.
Ten Years in the Death of the Labour Party by Tom Harris. Biteback, £12.99 Rise – How Jeremy Corbyn Inspired the Young to Create a New Socialism by Liam Young, Simon and Schuster, £12.99 If you want to to understand the turmoil in the British Labour Party, and why it matters for the future of … Continue reading
As Number Ten prepares to impose consent for the Brexit “power grab” – why Sturgeon was right to defend Donald Dewar’s devolution.
If we’ve been hearing less from the Scottish opposition parties about Nicola Sturgeon obsessing about independence and not “getting on with the day job”, this may be because she has been doing exactly that. For most of the past year, the First Minister has been arguing, essentially, the case for devolution not independence. First, … Continue reading
Brexit Britain and Donald Trump: a coalition of the ignorant, repeating the mistakes of the past.
It’s often said that we live in a world of “rules-based” international relations. We no longer have kings and imperial states laying down the law, forcing people to obey. We don’t settle international disputes by war, as countries did almost routinely in the 19th century. We have laws, conventions and treaties to govern … Continue reading
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