Hanging on until the Queen’s Speech
By Brian Barder / @BrianLB Three days ago I spelled out in detail the implications as I see…
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Implications of the new rules for a hung parliament
By Brian Barder / @BrianLB Much of the current speculation about what the Lib Dems will do if…
The Clegg phenomenon and two hung parliament scenarios
By Brian Barder / @BrianLB The inimitable Guido Fawkes, in a post-Clegg blogpost today, describes an election result…
That TV debate: Two play to their strengths, one doesn’t
By Brian Barder / @BrianLB Instant reaction department: This was a debate between three rival party leaders, not…
Those increasingly surreal Tories
By Brian Barder / @BrianLB This will be an old-fashioned, Old Labour tribal attack on the Conservative Party.…
Some thoughts about March
By Brian Barder / @BrianLB This is another collection of thoughts about a few of the events and…
The perils of a hung parliament – and PR
By Brian Barder / @BrianLB With the opinion polls momentarily suggesting a narrow gap between the Conservatives and…
The Blair defence is symptomatic of New Labour: never take a risk
By Brian Barder / @BrianLB Tony Blair’s six hours at the witness table of the Chilcot Iraq Inquiry…
We still need to know why Blair went to war when he did
By Brian Barder / @BrianLB When I commented in question-time after a recent London club discussion dinner about…
Iraq Inquiry lets Blair off one hook, impales him on another
By Brian Barder / @BrianLB Barely a week into the Chilcot Inquiry on Iraq, two ex-mandarins’ evidence has…
