Tag Archives: Theresa May
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Is it time for Theresa May to call the DUP’s bluff on Brexit?
2December 5, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
In 1968, Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson warned the trade unions that if they didn’t accept his relatively modest changes …
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Theresa May’s Florence Speech – shared history, challenges and future
Leave a commentSeptember 22, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
Theresa May’s appearance in the Church of Santa Maria Novello in Florence had much significance, not least because it is …
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Like Thatcher in Bruges, the stakes are high for Theresa May’s Florence speech
Leave a commentSeptember 22, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
As Theresa May prepares to make a speech in Florence setting out the UK’s position and offer on Brexit, she …
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The Conservative/DUP deal brings benefits that Northern Ireland needs
Leave a commentJune 27, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
As soon as the Conservative-DUP deal was announced yesterday morning the pre-prepared press statements were being fired off by all …
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Why there is no simple answer for the ‘3 million’?
1June 25, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
The latest incident of Theresa May managing to snatch a worse defeat from an already pretty bad one has been …
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The 2,227 votes that are why Labour are pushing for another election
Leave a commentJune 21, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
Labour insiders are at the moment arguing that they are on an election footing right now. They will be gearing …
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The surprise University turnout explained
Leave a commentJune 16, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
Hidden amongst the wailing and gnashing of teeth within the Conservative Party at the incompetence and arrogance of Theresa May …
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What kind of a Brexit compromise is possible now?
Leave a commentJune 14, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
There were two ways we might have got a soft-Brexit. The first was a massive majority for the Tories, which …
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Why Theresa May had little choice but to deal with the DUP
Leave a commentJune 12, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
There’s been a lot of hot air expressed since the election about the Conservatives’ tie up with the Democratic Unionist …
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The audacity of hope vs the cowardice of fear
4June 11, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
The 2017 General Election campaign involved the rejection of Theresa’s May view of what 21st century Toryism should be. It …
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What your choice means at this election
1June 8, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
I am an unashamed centrist. I vote for what works. It gets me into ‘trouble’ with people who have far …
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London Bridge provides us with so many questions to which we have so few answers
3June 5, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
Yesterday morning my two kids (aged seven and nine) were building things with Jenga blocks. We had just watched the …
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The folly of the Tories parking their tanks on Labour’s Government power lawn
Leave a commentJune 3, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
In the aftermath of her loss to Donald Trump, some commentators pointed out that Hillary Clinton might have won had …
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YouGov poll predicts a hung Parliament – could it be right?
Leave a commentJune 1, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
Polling is a dangerous business. No-one predicted the Conservatives’ majority in 2015 and the EU Referendum result came as a …
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Corbyn vs May..when poetry met prose
Leave a commentMay 30, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
Of course, this wasn’t really Corbyn vs May, as the latter has refused to debate the former directly. Instead, first …
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Theresa May’s u-turn on social care made her look weak and unstable
Leave a commentMay 23, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
One of the reasons I thought that Theresa May wanted to call the snap election was that she felt held …
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Lifelong Labour voters are switching to Theresa May, not the Conservatives
Leave a commentMay 22, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
As journalists have been traipsing around the country covering the election, they have come across a particularly interesting potential voting …
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Conservative manifesto – May tries to get UK moving ‘forward together’ without committing to how
Leave a commentMay 19, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
Well, this was the big one. This is the only manifesto that will have to be delivered. Therefore, there can …
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How Labour’s 97 hamstringing should be a lesson to May
Leave a commentMay 13, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
During the course of this election I have referred a few times to the importance of Theresa May not tying …
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Please let there be no more immigration ‘caps’
Leave a commentMay 3, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
How do make a well-trained Canadian GP leaving the UK and going back to Canada seem like a ‘good’ thing? How …
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Theresa May – just not debate-able
Leave a commentMay 2, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
From the very start of this General Election campaign, Theresa May has insisted that it is about who leads this …
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Why the Pensions Triple Lock guarantee should be removed
Leave a commentApril 26, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
On the first draft of the 1979 Conservative manifesto, Margaret Thatcher scrawled “Hostage!” or “hostage to fortune’ on any commitment …
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No ‘Tax lock’ would be sensible economics.
Leave a commentApril 26, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
Back during preparations for the 2015 General Election, there was a hole in the ‘media grid’ political parties use to …
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Four plus two reasons why Theresa May wants to hold the election on 8th June
2April 19, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
There are many good political and constitutional reasons for Theresa May to have an election right now. She was always …
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Will we actually have the election on June 8th?
2April 18, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
When Theresa May stepped out today (April 18th) to a lectern in Downing Street to announce she would be seeking …
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Why Parliament must have a say on Article 50 and Brexit
2November 5, 2016 by Paul Goldsmith
It is no surprise that even though Steven Phillips voted for Brexit, he has resigned as an MP as a …
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The vote to leave was NOT a vote for a points-based immigration system
1September 6, 2016 by Paul Goldsmith
So the first Brexit battle-line is drawn. Theresa May has ‘ruled-out’ an Australian style points system for immigration as a …
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My view on who will be the next Prime Minister
1June 26, 2016 by Paul Goldsmith
Only one thing is certain in Westminster as I write this, and that is that there will be a new …
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Cameron turns the election campaign into a leadership campaign. Why?
Leave a commentMarch 25, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
What was he thinking? I mean, really, what was he thinking? The whole concept of the Conservatives’ election campaign was …
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Government response to Jihadi John another example of how ‘hard cases make bad law’
Leave a commentMarch 3, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
Often, we are faced with an extreme situation that leads to the cry that “something must be done.” Governments, or …
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No, Theresa, you May not bolster your leadership claims by stopping foreign graduates staying here.
Leave a commentDecember 22, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
Those blasted immigrants. Who do they think they are? Coming over here, saving our lives, creating products we want. Oh, …
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Chaos at the Commons as the Government tries to vote on the EAW without actually doing so
Leave a commentNovember 12, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
The word ‘chaos’ barely does it justice. The scenes at the House of Commons on Monday were simply farcical. It …
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Buying water cannon to stifle protest – not in my name
Leave a commentJune 16, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
I yield to very few in my belief in freedom of speech the importance of protest as a major aspect …
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Gove vs May: Genuine disagreement on confronting extremism – or something else?
2June 10, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
So let’s just be clear. Cabinet Ministers are allowed to disagree with each other. In fact, if they want they …
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