Tag: GE2017
Continuity in Crisis: Lessons From #GE2017
Commentary by Christopher Silver
It is risky to attempt to predict where the Great British Crisis will lead us all next.
No one can be more...
The after-party hangover and that terrible feeling of regret
Commentary by Carolyn McCole
For Teresa May, this must feel like the morning after a bad party. Going in with the expectation of making more...
The yawning chasms within British Conservatism over its DUP love-in
Commentary by Russell Bruce
The people have spoken, the bastards
So said Dick Tuck in his concession speech following his loss in the 1966 California State...
Cuddis election special 2: Why can’t Tories just leave me alone?
Citizen Caddis concludes his one-man election mission to explain
For the second time this month, our postie violated the airspace of my lobby by poking yet...
Forward to a Britain led by a scarecrow that’s afraid of...
Commentary by Derek Bateman
If people didn’t understand the EU referendum, is there a chance they compound the problem by misunderstanding this election?
We never got...
The Cold Reading: An election story by Citizen Cuddis
A decidedly hingin’ luggit Wullie Rennie addresses the threadbare remnants of his party. No loaves or fishes will be required to feed this mini-multitude...
Election may turn on the extraordinary weaknesses of ‘strong and stable’...
Commentary by Derek Bateman
It’s a week since the slaughter of the innocents at the Manchester Arena and the single image I can’t get out...
How the Tories gamed devolution and why we can’t let them...
Commentary by Christopher Silver
In 2007 I overheard a conversation in an Edinburgh pub on the politics of devolution. This was, as I recall, an...
Why #GE17 will be known as the anti-politics election
Commentary by Christopher Silver
With mandate fatigue paralysing the body politic, it’s little wonder that many are approaching the coming election with reluctance, dread, and...
It’s time to move to Def Con 1 on Scottish independence
Commentary by Derek Bateman
I want to make clear that I am not deviating from any prescribed path towards self-government. On the contrary, even a...