Extra notes on the Independent Group

Spare thoughts which wouldn't fit into the previous post, in no particular order: Differences between Tariff Reform and the Independent Group 1. Difference #1 That in many ways the 1906 election has already happened. The 2017 General Election was the one in which the Conservatives lost their significant majority. The difference may be explained by …

Breaking the spell: the Independent Group

So it's finally happened. We have a splinter group, and it's growing. British politics has entered a whirlwind of panicked opinion. Sure, we've had hard-left Labour factions, antisemitism and the ERG has acquired an apparently iron grip on the Conservative tiller, but this is the first time any MPs have actually left a party as …

In support of the school strikers today

I'm post-interview today, so very tired, but I did want to take a moment to talk about the treatment of students and children by UK politics. Not just because of today's student strikers supporting climate change, but also because of attitudes I've seen displayed towards those in education more generally, such as in the recent …

The Paralysis of Parliament: no work, no responsibility, no Opposition

It is shocking to watch Parliament these days; to see what Brexit has done to the British Government, Parliament and British politics. What is taking place doesn't look like British politics, formed though it is by that system's worst traits unleashed. Parliament has mutated into the barest semblance of itself: the system is there; the …