Patrick MaxwellRemembering the Satanic VersesThirty years ago this week, the Ayotallah Khomeni issued a fatwa against the the author Salman Rushdie, offering a $6 million bounty on…Feb 22, 2019Feb 22, 2019
Patrick MaxwellHow far will Labour split?Today came the news that seven former Labour MPs have decided to quit the party they have represented for years and formed a new…Feb 18, 2019Feb 18, 2019
Patrick MaxwellTheresa May will always put party before countryTheresa May is, to rather misuse a phrase, a died-in-the-wool conservative, small c and little c. She was brought up in the quaint world…Feb 17, 2019Feb 17, 2019
Patrick MaxwellDonald Tusk was right — Brexiteers never had a planThere is a wonderfully bitter irony that has encapsulated those who own the Brexit debate. All of their previous agitations, that the…Feb 9, 2019Feb 9, 2019