Labourshambles

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...

Dave Brockington

Battling for the soul of my party

By Dave Brockington

On July 16, 2016

So, in my inimitable way, I went out last night and got happily drunk. Said drunk excursion commenced with chatting with several of my MA students. It turns out that one is.

Dave Brockington

An Organised Opposition, Ready to Govern

By Dave Brockington

On July 13, 2016

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.

Rules and Labourshambles

By Dave Brockington

In Dave Brockington

On July 12, 2016

Javier Sajuria posted this over at the UCL Constitution Unit last week while I was busy finding new and efficient ways to haemorrhage cash in Geneva. It's worth a read, and applies some political sciency-type stuff to the situation that the Labour Party finds itself in....

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