Political Scrapbooking – Monday 04 and Tuesday 05 July 2016

What concerns me the most, as a historian, are the reports of UKIP party members now defecting and rejoined the Conservatives. This is not a good thing. This means those whose beliefs were considered too far right for mainstream politics, now feel mainstream politics has caught up – that they can rejoin a main political …

Further Brexit scrapbooking

No one seems capable of stepping forward and offering reassurance. The Leavers, who disagreed on what Brexit should look like, do not think it is their responsibility to set out a path. They reckon that falls to Number 10 (where they have appeared in public, it has mostly been to discard the very pledges on …

More Brexit scrapbooking 

Beware any bullshit #EURef piece about "millennials are to blame because of low turnout" like this https://t.co/eWRImqV6SL (1/3) — Chris Applegate (@chrisapplegate) June 25, 2016 https://twitter.com/jamesrbuk/status/746704964525899777 Police investigating after hateful notes were posted through letterboxes of Polish residents in Cambridgeshire following the Brexit vote. — LBC News (@LBCNews) June 25, 2016 “Suddenly [Cameron] found himself …

Brexit scrapbooking

Some things I’ve found, which I want to refer back to… https://twitter.com/nicoleperlroth/status/746272418075807745 Lord Ashcroft’s survey on reasons for voting Leave or Remain Bim Adewunmi’s heartbreak over the result https://twitter.com/jimwaterson/status/746416907159363586 Woman on Radio 4 who voted Leave. "I'm pleased. Don't think it'll effect us cause we're elderly. For the young people I'm not sure." — Game …