A year ago I wrote about the bleak and bitter day for our country when the Article 50 process was initiated. A year on, most of what I wrote in that post still holds true but of course there have also been some momentous developments including the bizarre Brexit election
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“The people of England regards itself as free; but it is grossly mistaken; it is free only during the election of members of parliament. As soon as they are elected, slavery overtakes it, and it is nothing.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
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The European Union is likely to reject a significantly enhanced version of its Canada trade deal for the UK after Brexit.
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How does Jeremy Corbyn’s treatment in the media over his Russia approach compare to Tory politicians? (for whom it increasingly looks like they have played a pathetic yet dangerous game of ‘Snog, Marry or Avoid’ with Vladimir Putin for too long.)
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Former Tory minister John Redwood MP hammers the nails into the coffin of Tory economic policy, as he admits there never was a reason for austerity.
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There is much talk about the UK not being able to “cherry-pick” and “have its cake and eat it” with regards to post-Brexit trade policy with the EU. There are a couple of issues here.
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The British opposition leader’s connection to Czech intelligence has given Britain its very own Russiagate.
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Boris Johnson gave his big speech last week and will no doubt give another one next week and the week after that and the week after that until Boris gets what Boris wants – namely the keys to Number 10.
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The unedifying ‘scuffle’ at Jacob Rees-Mogg’s appearance at the University of the West of England has provoked a great deal of reaction – some of it distinctly over-the-top.
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How Tory plans to build a new fantastic Royal Yacht will solve literally everything, Otto English writes. From homelessness to unemployment, the housing crisis, the NHS, education and even Brexit!
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Today’s British terrible leadership over Brexit reminds Tom Pride of the infamous ‘Charge of the Light Brigade’ (1854), when the commander-in-chief of the British troops issued an order that resulted in the most notorious fiascos in British military history.
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Otto English wants to talk to you about Paul Nuttall. Remember Paul Nuttall?
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In the spring of 2011 as the Clegg-Cameron government struggled to do anything meaningful, I decided, in a rather puerile moment to set up a satirical twitter account in the name of Jake Rees-Mogg. I had met JRM a few years earlier and he had seemed like a ripe comical
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