President Trump: to laugh or cry? Many of us may find it difficult to take Donald Trump seriously, and many of us, including myself, may be seriously fearful at the thought of him being president of the USA. But we need to try and push the emotions to one...
On the morning of 24th June 2015 I trudged in through my front door with a sense of despondency after attending the EU referendum count. I had campaigned hard for around six months to try to ensure a future for the UK within the European Union, yet over the...
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An attempt to declare Belgian Liberal MEP Guy Verhofstadt as the European Parliament's Brexit negotiator should be challenged and put to all 751 MEPs, a Conservative MEP said today.Julie Girling, Conservative MEP for the South West and Gibraltar, spoke out after the parliament's President Martin Schulz today tried to appoint...
Conservative MEP Julie Girling has welcomed news that EU funding for farmers, scientists and other projects will be replaced by the Treasury in the period immediately after Brexit. But she warned that farmers still faced uncertainty over their future under a different government. The MEP for the South West and...
It used to be said that a week is a long time in politics. In the last fortnight that timescale has been savagely reduced! Almost all that was solid has melted into mist. Farage resigned from UKIP; Boris Johnson stabbed in the back by “Macbeth” Gove (himself unceremoniously dumped...
Over the last few weeks it appears that even those who have trained and qualified as journalists cannot understand simple narrative. Or perhaps they are hoping that the hoodwinked Labour membership will rip themselves apart in ignorance. Let's make it clear once and for all. Only challengers require the...
Only one of them is wearing an oven glove. Can you guess who that might be?
Nominations for leadership of the Green Party also close today. Here is why I won't be standing. First of all, I would like to say thank you to people who suggested I might stand for the leadership of the Green Party. I appreciate your confidence in me and the...
No doubt the EU referendum will rattle on for a very long time yet, but there are a couple of things about it as a process that are of interest. Firstly, the current YES/NO vote which discounts those who didn’t vote and those who spoilt the ballot paper, gives...
