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If Labour won’t stand up for Remain voters, it’s time for a new party

February 3, 2023 ndml8 0 Comments Labour, Won’t

By BAGEHOTBARELY more than a week has gone by since 37% of eligible British voters backed Brexit—52% of those who participated—but already the political landscape is transformed. With Boris Johnson out of the Conservative leadership contest, the choice of the next prime minister is one between various shades of isolationist Euroscepticism.As Michael Gove made clear

Labour and UKIP both give Tories cause for delight

January 29, 2023 ndml8 0 Comments Labour, Tories

By BagehotIT IS a measure of Labour’s sorry state these days that losing just one of two seats that it has held for decades is treated as grounds for relief in the party. In the by-elections held yesterday, both triggered by the resignation from politics of centrist MPs known to despair of the party’s direction

The Labour Party is in jubilant mood as it meets for its annual conference

January 26, 2023 ndml8 0 Comments Labour, Party

By BagehotABOUT half-way through “Jaws”, Steven Spielberg’s 1975 blockbuster, Sheriff Brody (Roy Schneider) finally catches sight of the giant shark that has been wreaking havoc in the high seas off the New England coast. Horrified and awe-struck, but still holding onto his cigarette, he rushes into his boat’s cabin and tells his ship mate (Robert