Nobody likes to be treated as a bargaining chip. However, many EU citizens felt just that way during what it seemed to be interminable Brexit negotiations. I moved to the UK in October 2016,...
The Mallard thanks Sir. John Redwood for his time, as well as his wonderful and accommodating assistant Gloria. Sir. John Redwood is one of the original Eurosceptics. He voted against the Common Market back...
The Mallard thanks Mr. Lowe for his time Rupert Lowe is at pains to say that he isn’t a politician. If we’re going to be technical, he is as a Member of the European...
As is our annual tradition, a number of our writers have contributed to a series of thoughts on the past year in politics, and what it means for 2020. From all our authors, we...
The past three years have been tumultuous to say the least. Three Prime Ministers, two general elections and the Brexit debate that has torn this country apart, with three failed deadlines in March, April...
Well, there we have it. Despite the closing polls, the strategic voting, and the sheer dishonesty of the Conservatives, Boris Johnson secured the largest Conservative parliamentary majority since 1987. The pundits acted as if...
For the past three years, the core of this country’s politics has been uncertainty. From the moment the shock Leave vote of 2016 was declared, every step the politicians took to take us...
A responsible centre-left programme to restore fairness and opportunity, to rebuild public services, and preserve private sector incentives, was there for the taking. Sage words from the editorial board of the Financial Times following...
We know polls are usually bull. Washington Post had a 95% certainty that Hillary Clinton would win the Presidency only a few days before the 2016 election. Nearly every poll had Remain winning comfortably...
Despite how divided our politicians are these days, it must be remembered that they all have 3 common fears: death, irrelevancy and an interview by Andrew Neil. And when said-politician being interviewed is Labour...
