Pete North Politics Blog

Keir Starmer says it's wrong to say that only women have a cervix. He knows that isn't true. We know it isn't true. The whole of...

Tonight I am furious. A young man has been rushed to hospital after he was stabbed repeatedly in Hyde Park, London. A large fight broke out ...

Wearing a yellow star at a protest, according to Twitter, is strictly off limits. No debate allowed. I would agree that it's in very poo...

I've stirred up a hornet's nest on Twitter. Again. This time regarding the people who showed up to the anti-lockdown protest wearing...

There was a huge anti-lockdown demonstration in London yesterday. About this time last year I was saying the people led us into lockdown and...

The media likes to talk about "customs paperwork" as though it were an insurmountable nightmare. It used to be but it's far si...

While we're on the subject of CPTPP, I thought it interesting that the media's third favourite trade wonk, Hosuk Lee-Makiyama (and t...

The UK is applying to join a free trade area made up of 11 Asia and Pacific nations, under its post-Brexit plans. The Comprehensive and Prog...

Not because of Brexit, but because of decisions taken by the Conservative government, Britain is going to lose a substantial chunk of its tr...

I rather thought I was going to enjoy pulling the wings off ultra-Brexiteer types as their delusions were skewered by the encroachment of re...

We're having some technical problems on Turbulent Times tonight so I'm posting here  What have the woke left and the East German s...

I've slowed down on the blogging over the course of the lockdown. It's nice to have company in the house but I don't get anyt...

Twitter is not so much a website as a state of mind. When you're plugged into it, it is all consuming. It can be used productively to ...

At the moment I'm more cautious than usual about venturing an opinion. This epidemic has too many moving parts to understand exactly...