Gina Miller, a Guyanese-British business owner and activist has again set sail down the judicial route to oppose the decision to suspend Parliament in the courts. It is not possible to mount a legal challenge to the Queen’s approval of the suspension but she believes she can legally challenge the advice the Queen’s prime minister … Read more
Heartened by Merkel’s seeming softening about finding a Brexit deal, a jubilant Boris Johnson ran into an immoveable Macron. The pro-Brexit media got over excited and the Germans then insisted they misinterpreted what the German Chancellor had said. 30 days to find a solution just kicks the ball down the road and it’s up to … Read more
The UK economy moved into a sharp contraction after the Brexit stockpiling boost wore off with the pound sinking further against the dollar and euro; and UK growth having the worst showing since 2012 with the worst fall since the financial crisis in 2009. The UK 1801 chart has tr Uranus just across the … Read more
Queen Elizabeth 11 has seen prime ministers come and go in her 67 year reign – 14 in all including the present one. She sees them weekly for an entirely private meeting and little emerges of her personal likes and dislikes, apart from this time round Boris blowing off his mouth after their first meeting … Read more
Boos and jeers met Boris Johnson on his Scotland trip as he faced up to an irate, Remainer Nicola Sturgeon pushing for a second independence referendum and Scots Tory leader Ruth Davidson who was threatening to withdraw her support altogether at Westminster. He grandstanded – behind a fence – on a nuclear submarine, … Read more
In the febrile swamp of UK politics the Liberal Democrats are deemed to be in a better position than usual being the anti-Brexit Party and able to attract disaffected right and left votes. But there’s not much that’s cheerful in the immediate future on their astrology. Jo Swinson, 5 February 1980, was elected as … Read more
Boris’s Grand Tour of the ‘awesome foursome’ components of the UK and the dragons of the EU will keep him in an enjoyable (for him) high-profile whirlwind of activity for the next few weeks. Until presumably knock-on-wood reality becomes unavoidable. His Government chart’s extravagant Jupiter in the 2nd is certainly getting an airing as he … Read more
The promise was a love-bombing that would unite the Tory Party. The reality was a savage pruning of moderates and remainers and the appointment of a Cabinet of hardcore Brexiteers. Typical lying, vengeful Boris, now nicknamed The Liar King by cartoonists. In the ‘midnight massacre’ Jeremy Hunt, who got 40% (of the admittedly miniscule Tory … Read more
Dominic Cummings, a ‘career psychopath’ according to David Cameron, has been appointed as Boris’s adviser in No 10. He masterminded the Leave campaign, was behind the infamous ‘£350 million-a-week for the NHS’ claim on red buses, and the ‘take back control’ catchphrase. He was later found in contempt of Parliament for refusing to answer … Read more
Boris Johnson was announced as new Tory Party leader at 12.05 today though he technically does not become Prime Minister until he has seen the Queen tomorrow after Theresa May’s exit. He won by a 2 to 1 majority though it wasn’t quite as much of a wipe-out for Hunt as had been anticipated. … Read more