Entries by Adam Poole

Organising a Piss-Up in a Brewery by Robert Braban

Organising a Piss-Up in a Brewery A beginners guide by Boris Joh;son Although a ‘pissup in a Brewery is an anathema to we of the upper classes who prefer Bacchus to Farage, I have, courtesy of Piss-Up in a Brewery Classes at first Eton and later Oxford, gathered invaluable knowledge on the subject. At Eton, […]

FACES TURN RED OVER NEW PASSPORTS THAT AREN’T BLUE by Jon Danzig

→ “It’s not blue, it’s black!” “Brexit has been for nothing!” FACES TURN RED OVER NEW PASSPORTS THAT AREN’T BLUE Consternation reported by the Tory house journal today (The Telegraph) over the disappointment of Brexiters that the new British passport isn’t as they expected. A new, blue British passport was promised on the back of […]

YOU WON’T GET YOUR COUNTRY BACK WITH BREXIT by Jon Danzig

→ 4-years ago – my warning about Brexit YOU WON’T GET YOUR COUNTRY BACK WITH BREXIT Just ten days before the EU referendum, on 13 June 2016, I wrote an article for Independent Voices with the headline, ‘You won’t get your country back if you vote for Brexit. You’ll give it away to the most […]

My Telephone Conversation with Johnson by Robert Braban

NewPolitical Mafia “Hello – Before I start I just want to make sure that it’s definitely you Boris, not Bolsanaro or Trump”. “Ah it is you! I can hear you banging your spoon on the plastic tray of your high chair trying to get someone to feed your ego”. “ Now Now Boris! When you […]

Public Inquiry into the 2016 Referendum

I know many of you are sceptical of petitions but at least with parliamentary petitions the Government has to respond when a petition receives over 10,000 signatures. This petition calls for an inquiry into the conduct of the 2016 referendum. Let’s put some pressure on Johnson and Cummings and let them know we are still […]

New Political Mafia by Robert Braban

Letter to Johnson of ‘Trump, Johnson, Bolsanaro & Co (unlimited)’ 28th May 2020 Dear Johnson, It’s now two weeks since I last wrote to you and it’s become very apparent that you do not do too well without me. As a part-time prototype premier and pretender, participating almost permanently in puerile procrastination, your parsimonious protestations […]

→ Democracy is a continuous process…by Jon Danzig

LOSING A VOTE DOESN’T MEAN HAVING TO GIVE UP This time last year, Nigel Farage and his new Brexit party wanted Britain to leave the EU without any deal, and without the British public having any further say. But that’s not what Mr Farage said just one month before the EU referendum of 2016. On […]

Letter to Boris – 19th May 2020 by Robert Braban

NewPoliticalMafia Dear Boris, First of all, you don’t need to apologise for ignoring my suggestions on the naming of your latest child. Frankly, I thought that suggesting ‘Ovid’ was pretty safe; I couldn’t in my wildest dreams have envisaged that one of Wilfred’s many earlier siblings would have been named Ovid. Sorry! This week I […]

BRITAIN CUT-OFF FROM THE MAINLAND by Jon Danzig

→ From 1 January access to Europe will be more difficult BRITAIN CUT-OFF FROM THE MAINLAND ‘Visit Europe from 1 January 2021’ is the title of the UK government website which ironically tells you how much more difficult visiting ‘Europe’ will be from next year. Yes, we’re getting our country back (really?) but instead, we’re […]

WHEN DID BRITAIN VOTE FOR A NO-DEAL BREXIT? By Jon Danzig

→ Brexit crash on top of a pandemic crash. You really want that? WHEN DID BRITAIN VOTE FOR A NO-DEAL BREXIT? A no-deal Brexit now looks almost certain, with the latest round of talks between the UK and the EU ending in stalemate, and the negotiations by all accounts turning acrimonious. It’s almost as if […]