This article, which I wrote, was first published by Spiked. The people may elect representatives, so long as their representatives are well behaved. That appears to be the message of the disciplinary hearing against Greater London Authority (GLA) member and British National Party representative, Richard Barnbrook, which was due to take place last week. In [...]
Heroes The Tories: Flying high in the polls on the back of Labour’s most crushing defeat in almost a century at the European Elections, it is unsurprising that the Tories came out on top in the Norwich North by-election, overturning a majority of over 5,000 to take the seat from Labour. Gaining close to 40% [...]
Recently, in the aftermath of the BNP’s election victory, Harriet Harman boasted that her new equalities bill would outlaw whites only political organisations. Whatever my hatred for the BNP, I must say that this whole idea sends a bit of a shiver down my spine. Such a law would represent an enormous shift in the [...]
Friends, lefty bloggers, socialists, I’ve got a guilty secret. I’ve been actively campaigning for the Green Party in the upcoming European Elections on June 4th. It’s been a difficult time for me politically. With the split in Respect, the failure of John McDonnell and the Labour left to leave a scratch on the New Labour [...]
