UK politics
I've been trying to make some sort of rational sense of this all morning. There are two rough theories which work together. First, given the tone of her speech last.
Hah. Who am I kidding? The Labour Party National Executive Committee, a relative obscure body to most until yesterday, voted 18-14 following a six hour meeting last night to allow.
As Andrea Leadsom has just withdrawn from the race to be Conservative Party leader: Andrea Leadsom says her backing from MPs is not "sufficient support to lead a strong and stable government".
"Chilcot says there was no need to go to war in March 2003." And . . . "Blair “overestimated his ability” to influence US decisions on Iraq." "the inquiry does.
Michael Gove has joined the cast of thousands vying to be the next Conservative Party leader, hence Prime Minister. Seriously. Yesterday while enjoying a pint or several with fellow bemused.
I was planning on writing about something else this morning, like strategies to avoid Brexit, political and constitutional dilemmas of the same, or the soul-crushing reality of being a life-long.
A recent poll (10 June) estimated that 44% of those who voted Labour in the 2015 General Election will support Brexit. This was perhaps the poll that began the general.
On Friday afternoon, I was interviewed by BBC Radio Devon about calls for increased security for MPs in the wake of the Jo Cox murder. It can be found here.