Iain Roberts' Blog

British politics is a steaming heap of rubbish. Every time I look, the pile is higher and smellier. It's leaking some kind of fluid. The...

Theresa May, who brought us the hostile environment , the " citizens of nowhere " speech, and the Windrush deportations , has stru...

Reading the news seemed a harmless habit, even virtuous; but that was before the world went wrong. I miss the old days, when we could be c...

By request, I am attempting to explain the 2017 UK election to Americans and others unfamiliar with the weirdness of British politics. This ...

Thoughts on the major UK-wide parties, as we enter the final days of the campaign: Liberal Democrats I am voting Liberal Democrat. My r...

What if Tony Blair never went to war in Iraq? I've been thinking about this question, in the context of Brexit and the general electio...

The  Nice Guys Finish Last  trope is widespread in popular culture, and I've come to realise it applies to the Labour party. In this ...

This is an extraordinary election. On the one hand, we have cruel but competent Tories; on the other, well-meaning and inept Labour. The Tor...

It is not surprising Theresa May has called a general election. She is likely to secure a crushing victory, such as very few Prime Ministers...

It's been an exciting week in the UK Parliament. Some MPs should be proud of their actions, others thoroughly ashamed. Herewith are some...

This week, the Labour MP Ruth Smeeth gave an interview about the racist abuse and death threats she has faced from supporters of Jeremy Cor...

The Labour leadership contest between Owen Smith and Jeremy Corbyn staggers on. It's another five weeks before this time of conflict en...

Once upon a time, an organisation grew tired of its weak and self-serving leadership. It rejected the conventional candidates, and elected a...

Two major news stories of the week are connected by a simple question: What is reality? This may seem abstract, but it has a close bearing...

I am sorry to say that, until yesterday, I had not heard of the murdered MP Jo Cox . I have no doubt that, given time, I would have done. ...

There are some obvious parallels between Bernie Sanders, contender for the Democratic presidential nomination; and Jeremy Corbyn, leader of ...

Part One looked at the narratives of the big winners and smaller losers in the 2015 general election. We now turn to the Labour party. S...

An incident from last month illustrates the depth of Jeremy Corbyn's problems , which have not abated since . Angela Eagle in Parlia...

Let's imagine for a moment that Jeremy Corbyn fails to sweep all before him. (Some Corbynistas may take the very suggestion as an i...

Pig note: Last week's anthem scandal seems distinctly tame in comparison to the new story involving David Cameron and a farmyard anima...