There are a few simple truths at the heart of our disillusion with politics & politicians No political party has dared to tell us that we can’t afford to pay for all our pensions, the NHS, social care and all
Utter fiasco Yet another humiliation for what was Great Britain Unbelievable naivety from those who lead us Pathetic capitulation Financial incompetence from those who never had to actually make money Supercilious disregard for 500 years of constitutional development Betrayal
It is not about you MPs – it is about the 17.4 million of us! The sight of those silly school girls & boys skipping down the road away from their political parties was just sickening. Who do those adolescent
MPs are now so disconnected from the public that the current situation echoes events just prior to PeterLoo* in 1819. I saw the film PeterLoo last Friday and the political & economic similarities are hard to miss. Parliament and the Prince Regent
Irish wisdom
There are many serious and rational voices in support of a No Deal, despite the BBC’s overwhelming Project Fear coverage, and, to my surprise, by Channel 4’s Jon Snow (more on this below). The pity is that these views are hidden from
So good – made my day … Andy Serkis as Theresa May doing the Gollum voice debating herself about the Brexit deal pic.twitter.com/XFWFuJMV44 — Den (@Hobbesenero) December 9, 2018
A short constitutional overview A referendum is the most powerful democratic tool we have. It is, and was in 2016, a direct call to ” we the people ” to have our say. But our confused party politicians hate that
Whilst walking my dog this morning I had a chat with a fellow philosopher, much younger than I, so quite representative of our respective generations. In five minutes we had solved many issues which had defied our best political brains
I am quoting Daniel Hannan an MEP writing in the Telegraph (on-line) a few days ago. Daniel is a Conservative MEP and someone who has been very critical of the EU’s systemic hypocrisy, inefficiency and financial incompetence for many years,