by nabidana | May 11, 2019 | Brexit, politics
19.05 Day 0, outside 10 Downing Street. “Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. I have a brief prepared statement and then I will have time for some questions. This evening, as you’ve just heard, Theresa May has announced her intention to step down as the...
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...