mxmagpie (25)in #general-election • 5 years agoHazlerigg goes it aloneHazlerigg, on the northern edge of Newcastle, decided to leave the EU without a deal anyway, despite Johnson ditching…mxmagpie (25)in #general-election • 5 years agoUKGE2019: Blue on BlueSerious blue on blue with Farage and Trump shooting down Johnson’s brexit deal and making it explicitly clear that…mxmagpie (25)in #general-election • 5 years agoDaily Mail Runs DryDaily Mail has ran out of slurs on Corbyn: reporting on the front page yesterday that Johnson and Corbyn are neck and…mxmagpie (25)in #poachers • 6 years agoPoachers are desperate people......desperate people risking their lives to provide ridiculously rich people with stuff they don’t need and only want…mxmagpie (25)in #trump • 6 years agoIm not sure what the rationale in insulting a POTUS is.What is to be gained? Trump appears to be on the verge of some historic peace deals, with Korea and Russia. How will…mxmagpie (25)in #trump • 6 years agoHow bad can Trump be if he has been bad for all these bad things?Bad things Trump has been bad for: Free trade: TPP, TTIP, NAFTA, WTO. European institutions: NATO, EU.…mxmagpie (25)in #future • 7 years agoSomewhere near Cambridge 2The Prime Minister dismissed her security council with a simple “thankyou, gentlemen” and was in her chambers within…mxmagpie (25)in #future • 7 years agoSomewhere Near Cambridge 1Half-way between royal hall and nuclear bunker the room was splendid but lacking windows. Concrete and steel showed…mxmagpie (25)in #brexit • 7 years agoResponse to calls for Brexit2First of all, opposition to Brexit doesn't need to involve a second referendum: Brexit was a non-binding plebiscite…mxmagpie (25)in #brexit • 7 years agoAm I still happy about my Brexit vote?First of all, what could happen that would make me regret my vote? If the Tories recover from Brexit and go on to…mxmagpie (25)in #brexit • 7 years agoThe fall of Cameron-Clinton, and the rise of Brexit-TrumpGood–press bad-press You’ve got two arms of the main-stream media (MSM) the right and the supposedly centre-left.…mxmagpie (25)in #corbyn • 7 years agoUK General Election 2017(Original published 06/07/2017 here: and here: A rapid succession of electoral events in the UK has led to…mxmagpie (25)in #putin • 7 years ago07/04/2017: The Least Bad, The Bad, and The Lesser Bad.(Originally published here: Ever since I became a reasonably radical person, it’s been fairly straightforward who…mxmagpie (25)in #brexit • 7 years ago29/07/2016: UK Politics 2016: Everything to Play For;(Originally published here: and here: War and austerity serve the interests of the British establishment, and are…mxmagpie (25)in #corbyn • 7 years ago15/07/2016: Looking down from Northern England...(Original: Back in 2015 we were all moving to Scotland. Ed Milliband had just suffered a crushing defeat at the…mxmagpie (25)in #labour • 7 years ago1/07/2016; The Labour Party; Awakening from its Slumber.The #ChickenCoup is backfiring dramatically, with Corbyn now strengthened by: A Progressive Shadow Cabinet…mxmagpie (25)in #brexit • 7 years agoWhy Brexit:Many people have asked me why, of all people, am I voting Brexit. So here it is. Fundamentally, I just cant see the…
