The Lexit delusion
It's no secret that the bulk of the support for the campaign to pull the UK out of the European Union last year came from the Right — UKIP and large sections of the...
Category: Brexit
Protect your rights — vote the Tories out
This will be the last blog post I make before the election starts tomorrow (Thursday) morning. The front pages of the two biggest-selling newspapers are full of propaganda against the Labour leadership, branding them...
UKIP, the ‘burqa’ and FGM
Over the weekend the so-called UK Independence Party published as part of its 2017 election manifesto an "integration agenda" which includes a ban on face coverings, which it describes as a "deliberate barrier to...
This is a Brexit election
So, Theresa May has called a general election for 8th June, and Parliament has backed her up. After denying that she would have an election or a re-run of the Brexit referendum ever since...
Nation 1.0? It never was
There was an article last Tuesday in the Irish Times by Janan Ganesh: Britons don't pine for Empire; they just want to be left alone, which claims that the people of 'Deep England' who...
Brexit: Back to the 16th Century?
Last Tuesday, there was a programme on BBC Radio 4 in which Jonathan Freedland, a Guardian columnist who was a strong Remain supporter, compared the present Brexit situation with the Elizabethan era, in which...
Melanie Phillips has her history wrong
There is an article in the Times today (paywalled) in which Melanie Phillips proclaims that the Scots and Northern Irish have no right to secede at the expense of the "authentic", "ancient" British nation...
Short memories
One of the signs that you're getting older is that you start to become aware that there are adults who weren't even born when you became an adult, or at least don't remember the...
Blair not the man to lead Brexit fightback
The former British prime minister, Tony Blair, today gave a speech in the City of London in which he declared that Brexit could be defeated if the people who opposed it "rise up" (the...
Time for Europhiles to divide and rule
So, in the last few weeks Jeremy Corbyn has shown his true Euro-Sceptic colours, issuing a three-line whip to order his MPs to vote in favour of the government's bill to trigger Article 50...
Does Sleaford really matter much more than Richmond?
Why Sleaford matters more than Richmond – CapX Last week there were two by-elections in the UK triggered by resignations of MPs. One was in Richmond Park, in which Zac Goldsmith had resigned from...
What is the real “education gap” in politics?
How the education gap is tearing politics apart | David Runciman | Politics | The Guardian This was the Guardian's "long read" Wednesday before last, and it explores how education levels are becoming a...
No, we do not need to act on that referendum
In the months since the referendum on leaving the EU, opinion seems to have hardened on the matter of whether there should be any question of leaving, given the 51.9% vote in favour. In...
Brexit: A misguided vote
So, on Friday morning we woke up to the news that Britain had voted narrowly (51.9%) in favour of leaving the European Union, with Scotland overwhelmingly against and Northern Ireland also mostly against, but...
Appeal to Muslims on Brexit
Recently I've seen a couple of articles online appealing to Muslims to vote for Britain to leave the EU in this Thursday's referendum. The claims are that the EU is anti-Muslim, that it could...
Brexiters are lying
Coming home the other day over a flyover on the A3, I saw a poster from Vote Leave, the official campaign for Britain to leave the EU, which proclaimed "Turkey (population 76 million) is...
Against this Brexit now
So, the date for the referendum on Britain's exit from the European Union has been set (23rd June) and politicians on both sides are coming out with their position on the matter. Unusually, David...