politics

I’ve just finished a little pamphlet by HG Wells on the Rights of Man, written back in 1941 at the height of the Second World War. I borrowed it from the Lit and Phil and hadn’t realised how prolific a writer he was. Among his more famous novels he wrote a lot of political works. … Continue reading Rights of Man (1941)

Image thanks to Today It’s astounding Time is fleeting Madness takes its toll But listen closely (Not for very much longer) I’ve got to keep control So starts the song ‘Let’s do the timewarp again’ from the Rocky Horror Show. Over the last weeks we have been living our own horror show with the over-hyped … Continue reading A lurch to the right

Image thanks to Morning Star It seems that Truss has the wind in her sails. It looks more and more likely that her next stop will be number 10 Downing Street. How and why are questions for another time. Last week, during one of the hustings she made a speech in which she said ‘If … Continue reading On your side

Image thanks to VoxPoliticalOnline I hear it said so many times that we live in a two party system. This is clearly not so as there are nearly a dozen parties represented in parliament. It is the case however, for many of us our choice of politicians is very limited. For large swathes of the … Continue reading How many political parties?

There is something disheartening about the current process to replace the Prime Minister. It goes without saying that I am delighted to see the back of Johnson. His policies aside, if he had any, his lying, cronyism and corruption should have seen him move from No. 10 to court. Do not pass go. Having watched … Continue reading The next Prime Minister

No matter what I was going to write about this week there is now only one story that dominates politics, the final Caesar like demise of Johnson as Prime Minister. Even now he is still hanging on waiting for the Conservative Party to select a new leader and once again the country will end up … Continue reading What a time in politics

Image thanks to Haggis_UK By-elections are never a good indicator of what will happen at a general election. The two in June, however, have got the Tory’s rattled and quite rightly. Wakefield is in the so-called red wall of former Labour seats while Tiverton and Honiton is at the opposite end of the country, both … Continue reading Dishonest pact

The signing of the Withdrawal Agreement is a fantastic moment, which finally delivers the result of the 2016 referendum and brings to an end far too many years of argument and division. Boris Johnson 24 January 2020. Here we are, two and half years later, some six years after the referendum and it still feels … Continue reading Protocol

Perhaps it's the circles I move in but most of my colleagues are against having a monarchy and have avoided any ‘celebrations’ over last weekend. Even those who did join in did so less from a sense of support for royalty but to enjoy the spectacle. There is a growing republican movement in this country … Continue reading Time for change

I'm a republican, a citizen not a subject. I believe that the concept of monarchy, where power is passed on by an accident of birth, is an anachronism and an insult to democracy. You can imagine then, that this is an interesting, difficult, and conflicting time for me. The country seems to be swept up … Continue reading Long live the…