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Friday, 4 October 2019
Say what you like about the Brexit Party, but it certainly knows how to organise a rally. I covered my …
Continue reading "Nigel Farage – the man who stopped Brexit?"
By James Bickerton
Wednesday, 18 September 2019
Little in British politics can currently be predicted with confidence, but we can be reasonably sure we are heading for …
Continue reading "The Tories must make the coming general election a referendum on Jeremy Corbyn"
By James Bickerton
Friday, 30 August 2019
There is no overseas cause that exercises the Western left quite like Palestine. A Gaza border clash can bring thousands …
Continue reading "The left only cares about Palestine when it suits them"
By James Bickerton
Friday, 23 August 2019
In life, I’m increasingly convinced that only two things are certain; death and the extraordinary hypocrisy of the SNP. That …
Continue reading "Nicola Sturgeon and the illusion of ‘progressive’ Scottish nationalism"
By James Bickerton
Friday, 2 August 2019
There may be some basic democratic norm John McDonnell has failed to undermine, but if so I fear only by …
Continue reading "Why we should fear John McDonnell’s admiration for street thuggery"
By James Bickerton
Monday, 8 July 2019
Engaging in British politics over the past few months has, for so many, been an exercise in containing disappointment. Brexiteers …
Continue reading "The case for the Union has never been stronger"
By James Bickerton
Thursday, 25 April 2019
If Jeremy Corbyn becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, as looks increasingly likely, one of the institutions primarily responsible …
Continue reading "Corbyn is within touching distance of power – the Tories must unite to stop him"
By James Bickerton
Wednesday, 6 March 2019
One of the most inconvenient aspects of covering the Labour Party, for any aspiring writer, is thinking up new adjectives …
Continue reading "There is no longer a moral case for remaining in Corbyn’s Labour Party"
By James Bickerton
Friday, 15 February 2019
You know something has gone wrong when a French riot spontaneously stops. Early last Saturday afternoon I was outside the National Assembly building in …
Continue reading "I watched the Gilets Jaunes rampage across Paris – they are not going away"
By James Bickerton
