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No.255 - Liz Truss: Pantomime Dame or Pantomime Fairy?

Dear James,

How many more of these pantomime performances are we going to have to suffer? Firstly they come striding up Downing Street, beaming and brimming with confidence before making their rousing speeches to the nation about unity and future prosperity. Then, a few years later, they return to the same podium growling with scarcely concealed bitterness to make their tearful goodbyes. First it was Cameron. Then Theresa May, then Boris. Cameron lasted six years and topped himself (and the country) by impaling Britain on the Brexit Referendum. May followed only to sink in the swamp of post-Brexit confusion and she was followed by the clown of clowns, the man on the Zip Wire, Boris Johnson. Of course, Johnson went out spinning his valedictum with classical aphorisms to suggest that he’s going nowhere. But for the moment, thank god, he’s gone!

DUP, Letters, Parliament, WritingsBrian HoweSeptember 26, 2022HighlightsComment

No. 90 Boris in Purgatory - Where's that Ditch?

Let’s be honest. Last night was a nail biting experience for everyone. For a while I thought that MPs might actually vote through the timetable motion against all the odds. But common sense won through. The vote was 322 to 308.

Writings, Referendum, Election, ERG, Populism, Statistics, Tory Party, Parliament, Boris, LettersBrian HoweOctober 23, 2019Do or Die, Come what may, ditchComment

No. 88 - Did you hear the Roar, James?

Did you hear it? We are told that the roar of a million people standing outside parliament demanding a second vote could be heard inside the chamber as you debated the Letwin amendment yesterday.