PM heading for Brexit and Election win
08/08/2019
Jim analyses the twin-track approach that could deliver a No Deal Brexit and a Tory majority before the candles go out on the Haloween pumpkins.
No Honeymoon for the clown
25/07/2019
This week Jim expresses his concern that Remainers lack the courage of strategy to stop the UK leaving the EU. He also looks at the challenge next week’s by-election in Wales presents for the new Prime Minister.
Stand by for No Deal under Johnson
20/06/2019
This week Jim looks at a major move by northern Labour MPs to back Brexit. He also wonders if Chuka Umunna could be a disruptive force in the Liberal Democrats.
Is the government still serious about Devolution
13/06/2019
This week Frank McKenna asks if the government is still committed to devolution – and gives his thoughts on the current state of the Labour Party.
Prorogation outrage
06/06/2019
This week Jim gives his latest views on the Brexit debate, assesses the 11 contenders for the Tory leadership race and wonders if we have learnt all the lessons about D-Day.
When Did ‘Compromise’ Become a Dirty Word?
31/01/2019
In his latest Downtown blog, Frank McKenna says that ‘compromise’ should be seen as a positive quality – and is the only thing that can stop the UK from ‘crashing out’ of the EU.
Can May possibly get her deal through?
10/01/2019
Against the odds Jim sill thinks Mrs May’s EU deal can prevail in some form. With no agreement on any other options, he forecasts a last minute appeal to Brussels to compromise on the Backstop could see her through eventually.
Nightmare on Politics Street
01/11/2018
It has been another tumultuous week in global, national and regional politics. On the world stage, a fascist was elected as the President of Brazil;
May free to negotiate deal
04/10/2018
Dancing Queen in charge As I forecast last week, The Prime Minister had a good conference. While the hard line Brexiteers raged at the fringe
Clowns To The Left of Me, Jokers To The Right
13/09/2018
Never a week goes by nowadays without our mainstream political parties and leading figures within them demonstrating that many of them are, indeed, as daft
You cant defend the indefensible
06/09/2018
The rise of populism, not only in the UK but across Europe and indeed across the Atlantic, is causing some historians to reflect that politics,
Frank Field and the pathetic centre
04/09/2018
Left the field With Brexit extremists undermining their Prime Minister and Labour proving they are unelectable, it seems hardly credible that the forthcoming Liberal Democrat