Steve O'NeilAug 31, 20191 min readPodcast: A coup or business as usual? Explaining the prorogation. Listen on Soundcloud, Podbean, Itunes Martin, Akash and Steve discuss Boris Johnson’s decision to prorogue Parliament. Is it...
Steve O'NeilAug 19, 20191 min readPodcast: Boris as PM, the consituion and austerity Martin, Akash and Steve disscus the first few weeks of Boris as PM, the constutinal questions around a no deal brexit and the end of...
Steve O'NeilJul 24, 20192 min readThe battle for Boris’s soul, and has it already been lost? On the day Boris Johnson becomes Prime Minister I am reflecting on the topic of our second NoMansland podcast: what kind of a leader will...
motownjunkieJul 11, 20191 min readCould there be a soft Brexit compromise?The third episode of the No Mans Land podcast has now been published. In it we discuss whether Jeremy Hunt is a more moderate, centerist...
motownjunkieMay 16, 20193 min readMy agony of (no) choiceThe biggest and most pointless protest vote in British history will take place on Thursday the 23rd May 2019: the European Parliament ....
Steve O'NeilApr 16, 20193 min readFive more big ideas for a new centrist party. A few weeks ago I wrote suggesting five ideas a new centrist party could adopt. Since then we’ve seen The Independent Group form and...
motownjunkieMar 31, 20193 min readBritain is not a revolutionary place - but...Britain is not a place with a history of revolutions. I am not a natural populist or revolutionary. However, I increasingly feel like I...
Steve O'NeilMar 22, 20194 min readAgonising over a People's Vote. How strong are the arguments for a second referendum? On Brexit the idea of being objective can feel like an oxymoron, so entrenched are the views on each side. But what if we were able to...
motownjunkieFeb 24, 20194 min readTIG-huh! What is it good for?As one of those unfortunate people who is ‘interested in’ (i.e. obsessed by) politics, I got asked the other day about the new...
