by nabidana | May 11, 2019 | Brexit, Europe
If we’re being scrupulously honest, very few of us would have considered where we are now in the Brexit process to be the pink of perfection. We aren’t, to put it mildly enough for some of my more sensitive Twitter followers, exactly cock-a-hoop with...
by nabidana | Nov 15, 2018 | Uncategorized
Theresa May wasn’t my first choice to lead the Conservative Party. I wanted David Cameron to face the responsibility of delivering Brexit after the referendum. I wanted him to come out to the podium the day after the referendum and say something like...
by nabidana | Aug 26, 2018 | #WasItForThis, Corbyn, Corbynology, Featured, Labour Leadership, politics, Racism
Dear Jewish Labour Members, Just last week at Hammer East CLP, we held an exceptionally interesting presentation, run by our CLP Equality Officer Digby Smallpiece, entitled “Reassuring Jews”. It was a fascinating evening, sponsored by the local Hamas...
by nabidana | May 12, 2018 | Abortion, politics
Today I had the good fortune to bump into a group of women running the ‘Lawyers for Choice’ stall outside Clery’s in Dublin’s O’Connell Street. I opted to pop over and say hello with a view to taking the temperature of the campaign. I...
by nabidana | Dec 5, 2017 | Uncategorized
The Brexit deal which nobody with any commonsense expected to be reached yesterday fell partially because of a spooked DUP who saw the Irish press and commentariat crowing about an Irish diploamtic coup, and partially because of a concept which is not particularly new...