James Millar: Swinson snub could backfire on big guns
The decision by ITV to exclude Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson from their general election debate is a stinker.
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James Millar: There is a party with all the answers on Brexit after all it turns out – a Roman toga party
Fundamentally, Brexit is not about meaningful votes, legal chicanery and the ego of politicians who want an amendment named after them.
James Millar: Hide from reality if you must – but it will only hurt all the more when it bites
Delusion rules in politics these days.
James Millar: Online world has pushed politics off course
They used to say politics was showbusiness for ugly people. Not any more.
James Millar: When Boris is so bad he makes Corbyn look good, the real losers are Labour
One of the nation’s foremost political scientists said to me last week: “Boris Johnson is so bad he’s made Jeremy Corbyn look like a statesman this week.”
James Millar: If vegetables were the funniest thing at this year’s fringe, politicians were the most absurd
Some jokes write themselves.
James Millar: The maths looks bad for Boris – but even worse for everyone else
With Boris Johnson taking the reins in Downing Street my daughter moved on to the fourth Prime Minister of her lifetime.
James Millar: If Scotland is to be the climate emergency saviour, it will take more than pointing fingers at London
The Green New Deal is the current buzzword of internet lefties.
James Millar: Minorities retort – why fans of Boris will have to answer for his populist shtick
Boris Johnson, famed for his plain-speaking/racism (delete according to taste) might have summed up a recent conversation I had with a Scots Tory thus: there ain’t many burkas in Banff or Berwick or Ballantrae.
James Millar: Fielding an expenses fiddler candidate is a new low for the Tories – and for democracy
‘Democracy dies in darkness’ runs the strapline for US newspaper The Washington Post, the one that toppled President Nixon over Watergate.
James Millar: How long before London’s token interest in Scottish politics comes home to roost?
If there is one thread running through all the wacky political plot lines playing out in London just now it is this: a fundamental misunderstanding of Scotland.
James Millar: Tory tin men lacking heart offer no leadership hope to the party of the Iron Lady
The BBC lucked out with the scheduling of their documentary series about Margaret Thatcher
James Millar: Farage is riding a wave of genuine anger but who will it sweep to real power?
Polling must be the one industry where practitioners consistently fail to do their jobs properly, and yet customers queue up to throw more money at them.
James Millar: Horsemeat pizza, John Curtice and the electioniest year in British history
If you think we’ve had lots of politics in 2019, you ain’t seen nothing yet.
Politics is immature and unpalatable: could grown-up Lib Dems be the missing ingredient?
Depending on how politics shakes down there may be a general election and/or European elections in the next few weeks.
The birth of new hope? Why Tory MPs’ paternity leave plans may signal the start of a brighter party future
Douglas Ross, the MP for Moray, is already the first MP to mention haggis ice-cream in the House of Commons.
We love it when a plan comes together – but even the A-Team would struggle with this one
The A-Team was everything for me and those of my vintage. In the playground we would squabble over who got to play Hannibal, Face, Murdock or BA Baracus.
Brexit on the rocks? Politics is best served neat not in fancy TV cocktails
Given the gallons of the stuff that was consumed on Burns’ Night last week it seems appropriate to compare Brexit to malt whisky: both are best consumed straight.
A Penny for your thoughts: why my money’s on Mordaunt as the one to watch in 2019
Predictions are a mug's game at the best of times but in the current political climate they are particularly daft.