Maniac Corbyn is a product of trends from Left and Right
Corbyn is winning because the centre-Left has been crowded out by the modern Right, and the far-Left, in all its anger and bitter resentment, has summoned up its energy for one last throw of the totalitarian dice
- 13 August 2015
Tally-ho, Tony Blair
Tony Blair was at least right about one thing: fox hunting is thriving. This is great for all of us. Foxes may seem cute and cuddly to the urban idiots who feed them, but not to the poultry farmer who finds that a fox in the henhouse has killed the entire flock
- 20 February 2015
We were right to invade Iraq, whatever Chilcot says
Iraq under Saddam Hussein was notorious for its severe violations of human rights. Some rights activists believe the death toll could be near the one million figure in his three decades in charge. We were right to remove Saddam from power, whatever Chilcot says
- 5 February 2015
Tony Blair pours cold water on Miliband election chances
Tony Blair has suggested Labour under Ed Miliband may risk being too left-wing to win the general election.
- 31 December 2014
Class war won’t wash, Ed - you’re too posh
By joshing about the differences between Eton and ‘minor public schools', the Shadow Chancellor reveals just how out of touch he is
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Bismarck versus Blair: A foreign policy crossroads
The interventionist dam broke with the collapse of the Soviet Union. Inaction in Syria could mark the end of our duty to protect
- 14 October 2013
REVIEW: Islamophilia by Douglas Murray
Murray's latest book into the phenomenon of Islamophilia will have you in fits of laughter, and probably fits of tears...
- 12 June 2013
The left hated Thatcher because she thrashed them
Margaret Thatcher is one of only two British prime ministers to coin an ‘ism’ and unlike the other, Blairism, Thatcherism actually meant something
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The Labour Party is kooky. It can be beaten
The current Labour leadership is the repository for every failed orthodoxy, every tried-and-failed idea over the past fifteen years
- 14 March 2013
Blair's Britain, by the Conservative Party
It is time for the Conservative Party to draw a line under the modernisation (mis)adventure of Blair’s Britain, and return to the surety of conservatism
- 27 February 2013
Thatcher's the best! New poll names ex-Tory leader as greatest prime minister
A new poll by ComRes for the Independent on Sunday and the Daily Mirror shows that Margaret Thatcher the most respected leader of the past five decades
- 16 February 2013
Not in my name: 'Stop the War' 10 years on
Today is the 10th anniversary of the Stop the War protest in London, against the Iraq War. 10 years on, those who marched should not be quite so sure of themselves
- 15 February 2013
Al-Qaeda fight could last a generation, says Blair
Tony Blair has stated that the fight against Islamism is like the fight against revolutionary communism, and may last a generation
- 3 February 2013
In Brussels, no one can hear you scream
The prospect of an EU referendum should make enough noise to wake up even its most somnolent technocrat and focus the minds of the British electorate
- 16 January 2013
Left in knots over labour hypocrisy
This week Political Scrapbook was once again caught red-handed advertising for unpaid interns. And it's not alone on the Left
- 4 January 2013
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