Articles tagged UK Politics:
Will the Media Now Take UKIP Seriously?
- 8 Mar 2013
George W Bush’s greatest political asset was that his opponents, especially in Europe, continually underestimated him. Nigel Farage enjoys the same advantage. His enemies view him as a spiv who, in the end, will be found out. It’s very lazy thinking. The news that Farage has...
Ever Wondered Why In These Times of Austerity...
- 5 Mar 2013
In case you haven’t visited it before, there is a brilliant new blog by Conservative Agent Andrew Kennedy. He is the agent for my home constituency of Tunbridge Wells. He’s just written a “blogpost”: headlined ‘Ever Wondered Why…’. He writes… ‘In these times of austerity…’ ...
The Challenge for UKIP Comes in May
- 1 Mar 2013
No one should deny that the really big winners last night were UKIP. Few people had seen it coming much before Polling Day itself, John Rentoul being an honourable exception. To come second, only 1,711 behind the Liberal Democrats was an incredible achievement, and much of th...
Fifteen Things We Learned From Eastleigh
- 1 Mar 2013
I’ll write a more considered piece on Eastleigh later, but here’s something to think about… Fifteen things we learned from Eastleigh. Voters will sometimes forgive a political party anything. Once the LibDems get in, it’s almost impossible to get them out Gran...
The Implications of Eastleigh - Crunchtime for Cameron and Clegg as Miliband Escapes Scrutiny
- 27 Feb 2013
I can’t remember a by-election which was so hard fought and was more difficult to call than this one, apart, possibly from Crewe & Nantwich. However, in that one there was no national overhang on a particular party, and there was a definite feeling of Tory momentum. There...
Assuming Guilt
- 25 Feb 2013
We live in a society where we automatically assume guilt. Yes, we hear the caveat “innocent until proven guilty”, but how many of us really believe it? We all assume that Cardinal Keith O’Brien is guilty of acting inappropriately with four young men because our overall impress...
Clegg Statement Just Makes Things Worse
- 24 Feb 2013
Nick Clegg has just made things a whole lot worse for himself and his party. It’s all very well being indignant, but it’s quite difficult when you haven’t actually got much to be indignant about. Fraser Nelson rightly questions why on earth he has brought Danny Alexander into ...
Is It Time For Another Nick Clegg 'I'm Sorry' Video?
- 24 Feb 2013
The last thing any political party wants in the week before an election are the weekend papers to be full of headlines about a scandal. It’s bad enough for the LibDems that the Vicky Pryce/Chris Huhne trial recommences in the morning, but to have headlines about how they have ...
The Loss of AAA is a Mild National Humiliation - Now Let's Get Serious About Generating Growth & Cutting Spending
- 23 Feb 2013
There’s been a lot of hypocritical comment since it was announced Britain’s credit rating had been downgraded from AAA to AA1. With a few exceptions people on the right are making out there’s nothing to see and people should move along and these credit ratings Johnnies don’t ...
The Tories Should Beware of Marta Andreasen
- 22 Feb 2013
The news that UKIP MEP Marta Andreasen has defected to the Conservatives will no doubt provoke some celebrations at Tory HQ in Eastleigh tonight. She is the second one to do so, following in the footsteps of David Campbell-Bannerman, who re-ratted last year. She cites Nigel F...