With Gerard Batten’s leadership done, Ukip likely is too
Rarely for the Ukip of late, it has been some time since they last had a leadership election. But with Gerard Batten indicating his tenure is at an end, the par...
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No interview is destructive enough to dissuade political fanboys
There has been much debate about the legitimacy of inviting fringe figures – particularly those on the far right, or accused of it – onto mainstream media progr...
Who cares what a bunch of old writers think about the EU?
Few comments in recent British history are as infamous as Michael Gove’s statement about the country’s impatience with experts, usually shortened in...
Brexit was a vote for popular sovereignty, not the parliamentary sort
Many pundits will be gleefully tweeting this week some variant on Parliament “taking back control” – of Brexit, of government or of the country. But this refrai...
Peterloo is a pro-Brexit film
Peterloo is quite a dull film. Its settings are mostly drab, many characters are unsympathetic, and the final riot is anticlimactic. Among the film’s most...