Tag: Brexit

Sweden, an EU member, handled Covid much better than Britain, outside the EU. But that doesn't mean Brexit was fruitless, argues Jon Dobinson, on the seventh anniversary of the historic vote.

Carl Heneghan and Tom Jefferson cast a sceptical eye over week one of the Covid Inquiry. They initially thought: "What could go wrong?" After observing last week’s proceedings, they now think: "What could go right?"

Whatever your views of Boris Johnson, ejecting from Parliament the man responsible for the Government's current majority is a victory for the Blob that stains our democracy.

Many dismiss Theresa May's three-year term as a failure. But with her reverence for rules and procedure, her predilection for compromise and her unwillingness to confront senior officials, she transformed British politics.

Theresa May became Prime Minister in July 2016 and no rise to power has been as swift or unanimous. May did not have a policy but a personality – and it inaugurated a new era which we have not yet left.

In his new book, Matthew Goodwin shows he understands, in a way few academics do, that 'populism' is political opposition to a rapid decline in living standards.

'Red Wall Toryism' was said to be more authoritarian, more economically statist and, somehow, gruffer, than its southern cousin. But this was a mistake; the 'Red Wall' is not a foreign country.

In the latest Weekly Sceptic podcast the talking points are the rejection of Shamima Begum's request to return to Britain, the cancellation of Dilbert and his creator Scott Adams, and the 'desecration' of the Quran.

Our political elites now see ‘ideology’ as a dirty word, preferring to focus on ‘competence’. What they really mean is there can be no dissent from the Left-wing orthodoxy, and the only battle is how to manage decline.

In this week’s episode of London Calling the talking points are the Autumn Statement, climate reparations, backsliding on Brexit, Trump’s Twitter reinstatement and season two of the White Lotus.