"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 not accept Blair’s claim that it was impossible to predict post-invasion problems". "Blair presented the...
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The value of the British pound sterling in Swiss francs over the past 30 days. Given I'm always looking for new ways to irresponsibly lose a lot of cash, early.
When the NYT runs a series of stories about the cross between East Enders and Game of Thrones that British politics has become, it's somewhat serious. As part of the.
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 Labourites, we figured Gove was the next Chancellor of the Exchequer in a Boris government....
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.
Jeremy Corbyn chairs a meeting of the Shadow Cabinet (a meme that did the rounds yesterday) Seeing as how it's Labour, the obvious choice is to hit.
Politico has this, which I encountered this morning. It's the usual behind-the-scenes sort of thing. As a Labour Party member / activist / whatever, the following piques my interest: Senior staff from the campaign “begged” Corbyn to do a rally with the prime minister, according to...
Good morning, newly sovereign Britain and welcome to your new leadership team! We had Blair-Brown, then Cameron-Osborne, and now we'll enjoy Prime Minister Johnson and Chancellor of the Exchequer Rubble. Unlike.
So, that didn't work. On several levels; one of which is illustrated by the photo above. That's LGM's Senior Correspondent on British Politics holding the sign. While British politics suddenly.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it. It's a significant improvement from my freaking out a week ago today, and I've further downgraded the threat level from cautiously pessimistic to cautiously optimistic. It's also going well out on a limb with a chainsaw considering...
I've been sitting on this article in Foreign Policy for a few days. It is one of the better articulations in defense of continued UK membership of the European Union.
An academic who has lived and worked in the UK for the past 18 years, originally from an EU country (possibly Germany) published this in the Guardian yesterday. It deserves to.