The chancellor of the exchequer has been supposedly one of the more single market friendly members of the cabinet, which makes his comments to the German newspaper, Welt am Sonntag, this morning all the more interesting. He said that if the UK floated out of the single market it could abandon social democracy. Or as Phil put it, "European style taxation systems, European style … [Read More]
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More great news for Corbyn: another by-election to face in the north
Man, when it rains it really pours, doesn't it? Tristram Hunt has now resigned as MP for Stoke Central to take up the post of V&A Museum director. That means, … [Read More]
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The current Unite leadership contest lays all of the problems of the British Left out bare
Besides letting us all have a chuckle at Len McCluskey considering his re-election something of a formality only to find his position far from assured, the campaign … [Read More]
Apparently the Copeland by-election won’t happen until May. Here’s what that tells us
The Copeland by-election, triggered by the resignation of sitting Labour MP Jamie Reed, does not yet have a date. Many have speculated as to when it might be. It now appears the answer is becoming clearer. Andrew Gwynne, the MP who has been handed the task of … [Read More]
ALDE turning down the Five Star Movement is an epoch defining act of stupidity for European liberalism
For those of you who haven't followed the story, the Five Star Movement, Beppe Grillo's insurgent political force that looks to possibly even form the next Italian government if the Italian establishment doesn't stitch up a voting system to stop them from … [Read More]
Jeremy Corbyn just burned his one last shred of integrity
When Corbyn got elected as Labour leader in September 2015, I thought at the very least we'd get to see what opposition unhinged and unsullied by compromise would look like. I knew I would probably disagree with a lot of Corbyn's policies, but I did have to … [Read More]