Cult

The Past Couple Weeks of British Politics: Some Rambling Thoughts

By Dave Brockington

In General

On September 22, 2019

Dominic Cummings, special adviser to Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain.CreditCreditTolga Akmen/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images, from the NYT article linked below. This piece ran in the New York Times a couple weeks ago, as an attempt to characterise the brains behind Boris Johnson's approach...

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Corbyn’s Plea is NOT About Brexit

By Dave Brockington

On August 16, 2019

However, as several people have brought to my attention, our friend Atrios appears to have drunk vigorously from the keg of Kool-Aid fuelling Corbynism. "The group of people have made.

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This Month in British Politics: The View from Momentum

By Dave Brockington

On July 19, 2019

The past four to six weeks in Britain has been dominated by the Conservative Party's succession battle to replace Theresa May as leader of the party (and, hence, Prime Minister)..