Direct democracy: A different way of thinking
“We want to have our cake and eat it”
Lord Frost accuses EU of ‘historic misjudgment’ over Northern Ireland Protocol
Brexit minister Lord Frost said the European Union would be making a ‘historic misjudgement’ if it wasn’t prepared to make changes to the Northern Ireland Protocol. It would be prioritising “EU internal processes over relieving turbulence in Northern Ireland”, he told diplomats on Tuesday while blasting the Protocol’s effect on the Good Friday Agreement. He […]
Conspiracies: Has fiction replaced reality?
“One of the biggest societal threats of our time.”
A sticky situation
Maybe Boris’ next step will be to glue a new deal together to save Northern Ireland?
Temporary-visa “Scrooge appeal” to immigrants proves post-Brexit broken system
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! isn’t a documentary. It’s just a story. I mean, you can’t cancel Christmas! Only last year, we did. And some people had their Christmas more cancelled than others…. So this year, the government is so determined that Christmas actually does happen that they’ve announced special new visa rules to make […]
Govt may grant temporary visas to tackle HGV driver shortage
The government is expected to announce temporary measures, such as short-term work visas, to allow foreign HGV drivers to work in the UK. The UK currently has a shortage of over 100,000 drivers, slowing down the delivery of essentials such as food and petrol. The Office for National Statistics has said that millions are facing […]
Sausage Wars II
If the grace period does expire at the end of this month, Sausage Wars II will be upon us.
‘Global Britain’ is Brexit’s most enduring, most egregious fallacy
Was ‘Global Britain’ truly ever a reality?
Brexit five years on: How Britain fell to right-wing identity politics
This time five years ago, we were waking up to the most shocking democratic result in memory. We’d had surprises before of course, but nothing like this. It was seismic, like a fundamental rupture. Even those who won it, like Boris Johnson and Michael Gove, looked ashen-faced with uncertainty about what they’d done. For weeks […]
Labour’s crumbling red wall
Recently, the Conservatives have been successfully chipping away at Labour’s red wall.
