Dear Comrades Hoon and Hewitt, Let me first say that I am shocked, dismayed, disgruntled, flabbergasted, confused, angered, humbled, incensed, overwhelmed, overjoyed, under-impressed, reddened and outraged by your actions of the last few days. Like you, many years ago I was a bedwetting communist, unilateralist, bra-burning pinko trot progressive.  You, however, seem to have abandoned [...]

I had a protracted Twitter conversation with @ijclark last evening about Micha? Kaminski, the leader of the new anti-federalist European Parliamentary group. The main bone of contention seems to be the allegation that Mr. Kaminski is an anti-semite and, by extension, unfit to lead a group in the European Parliament. I do not believe a [...]

As far a launch is concerned, this ranks as one of the poorest and easiest to attack I have ever seen. The plan offers nothing but debt loading for the current government and a scorched Earth for the coming Conservative government. Let’s get to work.

It struck me after the conversation that there really is a gap in people’s understanding about what the party represents and why people join it.