There is nothing like a by-election to breathe life into a moribund political party — unless it’s two by-elections. So for a few brief moments at lunchtime today, the kiss — or at least the peck of life — was applied to the corpse of the…
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Imagine, if you can, a stick of celery jammed between a cauliflower and a baking potato and you are imagining Labour’s front bench. That is not, of course, an accurate description since there are far more vegetables involved. But the…
It was UB40 who summed it all up as they pledged their support to Jeremy Corbyn yesterday: “To be honest, we do everything arse-backwards.” Actually, to be really honest, it should have been UB20 since, like the Labour Party, they…
It was the appearance of Diane Abbott by his side which gave the first indication this was not going to be Jeremy Corbyn’s day. The harbinger of doom only makes it this far up the opposition front bench when the…
Bumptious is the sort of word you carry in your back pocket hoping to find a sentence to stick it in. Just when you think you never will, up steps David Cameron, Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.…
It was Jeremy’s best ever Prime Ministers Questions – and his worst ever budget statement. To be fair, it was his first ever budget statement – but politics is never fair. If it was, Chancellor George would have entered the…
It was 10 minutes past midnight before it could be officially confirmed that Diane Abbott would not be the next shadow Secretary of State for Defence. Someone serious had seriously said last night this was a serious possibility and nobody…
There are times when the Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland looks as if he spent the night with his face in the trouser press – this was one of them. Not that Dave didn’t try his…