Was anyone surprised. No. Although when I watched the result there was Hunt with a smile on his face that looked quite genuine, and then there was Boris in an ill-fitting suit looking his usual scruffy and rumpled self, but slightly solemn. For a moment I thought…..! But no. I’ll come back
Is he the one? Belief in the age of the unreal.
I started this piece weeks ago when it seemed a total certainty that our very own oaf Emperor and Trump-lookalike, would be crowned the leader of the Conservative Party, and consequently the leader of our nation. I’ve found it difficult to complete this piece as, like 50% of our nation,
Apocalypse Now? No, not yet, because we’re all on holiday
It’s the Easter holidays and the MPs, probably for their own sanity’s sake, are on holiday so there are no dramas to report. Although I will say that, exactly as before, the week we were granted the extension began in high anxiety mode and then fizzled out, with MPs just
The timetable – talk about last minute!
Yes, what is happening? Unbelievably, for a country that is leaving the EU in 20 days we still don’t know how we’re leaving. But next week is a critical week. I’ll give you a run-down of some certainties, of which there are very few. The thing is I haven’t been
Are you feeling disenfranchised?
Yes, are you feeling disenfranchised? As in, could you vote for any party in the UK without a feeling of dismay, and a peg on your nose? Now, as far as Mrs May is concerned, there’s not much likelihood of a general election coming along soon, and yet, you never
Are we in a kind of hell?
Oh boy, Twitter was on fire! Brexiters were appalled and incandescent. Remainers, meanwhile, while not exactly over the moon, were thrilled that at last someone had said exactly what they see as the essence of the current situation. What was the fuss all about? Well. Donald Tusk, the EU Council’s president,
What’s the situation now?
I nearly put pen to paper, so to speak, last week (meaning wk 14th-20th) because what a week it was, but unusually for me I couldn’t face it. I’ve always said that I’d never look away from the Brexit mess, or say, I can’t do anything, therefore I can’t be
Another quick update
Before I get into the pantomime of the last couple of days, I’d just like to ask this, does it matter to the world that we’re leaving the EU? Because it does seem that the UK is a tad obsessed with our self-inflicted dilemma. I’m looking at someone else’s blog
The Shitstorm is Now or Is It? – Part 2
In this post I’ll continue to give you a day-by-day account of a week, which is not yet finished. A deeper analysis will come in another post – probably next year! Anyway, Lenin’s quote should now read: There are decades when nothing happens and hours when decades happen.” As things really
What is this ‘Backstop’?
I’m finishing this piece on the 11thNovember having watched the wreath laying on our Cenotaph at 11.0am. How ahistorical are our politics. Remember, remember I’d say. Anyway, backstop? Everyone these days seems to be using that word – backstop. But what does it mean? This is about Brexit, and it is