Step 1: Have no policies to speak of Step 2: Be led by a shifty bloke who everyone blames for the Poll Tax Step 3: Sue the single biggest media owner in the country Ladies and gentlemen, may I present … Continue reading →

This seems to be a popular topic at the moment, what with Labour and the Tories both promising to get tough on the issue, and old permatan setting up a new party almost entirely based on a desire to have … Continue reading →

I think they mean the EU, but still – an interesting article which follows on from Tony Judt’s NYRB article extracted here, looking at a few new books about the Euro-American relationship. Europe has power: not military power, but all … Continue reading →

That Stop Veritas guy may not be so much of a loon after all… He’s come across the British National Party’s press release about the launch of Kilroy-Silk’s Veritas, and a statement from BNP leader Nick Griffin, which seems to … Continue reading →

An interesting short article on the lack of any real sense of European identity gives a nice overview of some of the problems facing the EU, and of the possible outcomes of the proposed constitution, and follows on nicely from … Continue reading →

The Electoral Commission has announced that “Having considered the proposed referendum question against our published guidelines, the commission believes that the question to be put to voters is intelligible.” Hurrah… Oddly they also said that “The commission is also satisfied … Continue reading →

Judging from my visitor logs, the software giant Veritas has suddenly become aware of Kilroy’s Veritas, and is trying to find out more. Well, here’s the new party’s official site – complete with contact details and an option to donate … Continue reading →

He’s only gone and finally done it! Yep, Europhobia’s favourite nutter Robert Kilroy-Silk has finally launched his new party – called Veritas as expected – which purports to be focussing on asylum and immigration, but not much else by the … Continue reading →

Fistful‘s European Weblog Awards have been announced. This blog ended up a moderately respectable third choice in both categories in which it was nominated, losing out to Slugger O’Toole in the Best Political Weblog category and to Perfect.co.uk in the … Continue reading →

“United States officials were surprised and heartened today at the size of turnout in South Vietnam’s presidential election despite a Vietcong terrorist campaign to disrupt the voting.” NY Times 4th September 1967. (Courtesy of Political Wire) And so we mark … Continue reading →