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With the far right dominant in so many countries, we need to take what pleasure we can from the glimmers of hope that show up every now and ...

According to a leftie who keeps on at me on Twitter, the problem for Labour is that the 2019 election merely represents a continuation of it...

It’s been an interesting few days, watching a general election in my new home country, and local elections in my old one. In the former, S...

Have you been following the scandal that I like to think of as Sheffield-street-tree-gate? No? You don’t know what you’re missing. Let me ...

The great debate wasn’t that great. If it was even a debate. Four men, David Cameron for the Tories, our current Prime Minister, Nick Cleg...

It’s pretty widely known, even beyond British shores, that the NHS is in crisis (even though the crisis is denied, within these shores, by t...

So now we’ve had the earthquake in Britain. UKIP topped the poll for the European elections. We know the worst, and we know its extent. A...

Well, it’s been an interesting night here in Britain, as it has throughout Europe, as we counted the votes for the European Parliament. ...

Just been to vote. For the European Parliament. A curious election. Where the action happened On the one hand, we had the Conservativ...