Opinion

Chaos in the Mother of Parliaments

The so-called “mother of parliaments” in London is currently in over-drive generating a plethora of responses to widespread dysfunction, ranging from side-splitting guffaws to a weary cynicism to tears and a deep sadness (depending on who you are).The context for these responses is the t...

Opinion

Lessons from Boris Johnson

A day after the former UK prime minister Boris “BoJo” Johnson was interrogated  by the UK parliament’s Privileges Committee over whether he had intentionally misled MPs over the Partygate scandal, the host of the audience-participation BBC programme Question Time, Fiona Bruce ...

Opinion

Rishi Sunak now cosplays as an anti-Brexiteer

The 1998 Good Friday Agreement, which resulted in the current Northern Irish political settlement, called for a “frictionless” border between the 2 parts of Ireland.The Brexit deal Boris “BoJo” Johnson struck with the EU was always going to be a bust because it put this &ldqu...

Opinion

UK’s Labour Party conference, back to the 1990s

The UK’s annual Labour party conference was held last week. As a party member I could have attended, but the vagaries of Covid travel were just too daunting.Two items dominated the pre-conference headlines: (1) how would Jeremy Corbyn, still a party member, but having to sit as an independent ...