The People’s Vote is bound up with New Labour and talk of a new party. This does nothing to help it among Tory MPs…and much to harm it among Labour ones.
The execution of a king and establishment of a republic wasn’t planned at the start of the English Civil War. Beware the consequences of going to extremes.
Let’s see if Labour stands with Venezuela’s oppressed. For what party could truly say that it supports labour, while lending support to the butchery of labourers?
The object of the exercise is to absorb within a stable democratic practice a new element which, if unabsorbed, may have fatal effects.
The suffrage movement fought for those of all backgrounds to have the vote. This cannot be called into question for the sake of political gain.
I have reluctantly concluded that there needs to be greater regulation of the veracity of claims made by registered participants in political campaigns.
Plus: We must be the Party for social housing as well as home ownership. And: why don’t we trumpet our history of social reform?
If two men are in a car, and the passenger says to the driver: “Look out! You’re going to crash,” he is shouting out the second, not the first.
The real flaw in Graham’s film was the implication that Vote Leave won by turning the European question into something else.
That’s to say, those of 1950, 1961, 1967 and 1971. Sovereignty was always the key concern, despite arguments over its meaning.
We need a new strategic partnership with Ireland. At the moment, that end seems endlessly remote.
The Party has not yet cultivated a formal relationship with the Irish community in Britain and this is an opportunity to reach out to what can be a powerful network.
Does authority reside with Parliament or the People? And are MPs representatives or delegates? Both must be answered.
Perhaps, against all the odds, we will find a way of muddling through and preserve our broad church for a time after the era of Brexit has passed.
Remember where we are; remember what has come down to us. Our unique heritage is there to be opened up.