2018
It's a new year. Frankly, things don't look great from where I am. I hope I'm wrong and there are no zombies 1/1/18 The Independent
Nobody in government is talking Brexit; the only show in town. — with Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May 6/2/2018
it looks increasingly like Putin's hacking department poked their digits into many popular votes - Brexit, the French presidential elections etc - all to destabilise Europe 17/2/2018
Trump gets trigger happy regarding Kim Jong-Un, saying US military 'locked and loaded' for North Korea. Plans 'now fully in place' if Pyongyang 'acts unwisely', he tweets. Reminded of Dr Strangelove 15/4/2018 The Independent
New Minister for Exiting the EU is black belt karate man and rabid right wing Brexiteer Dominic Raab. His opening negotiating position with Barnier is not the best in history 19/7/2018 London Evening Standard
Trump says he'll invite Putin to US later in the year while Putin is under suspicion of Novichok poisoning in the UK, and soon after he demanded the right to question US diplomats. Trump is being taken for the fool that he is 29/7/2018 London Evening Standard
A lunar eclipse arrives as Theresa sets off on holiday amid plot and treason in Westminster. The "blood moon" could be a portent 28/7/2018 Telegraph
the heatwave is finally over but Theresa has to go and face an increasingly impatient and intransigent Barnier on the topic of Brexit 28/7/2018 Telegraph
New Brexit minister Dominic Raab hints that there are provisions in place to use the army to distribute food after Brexit 30/7/2018 Telegraph
The wave of suspicion over a lax attitude to anti-Semitism in Corbyn's Labour grows daily. He does nothing to stop it. Could it be a breaker? 31/7/2018 Telegraph
Trump tweets like crazy ahead of Manafort's court appearance which could result in some accusations Trump doesn't like. Trump tries to cheaply discredit the seemingly unshakable Mueller. 31/7/2018 Evening Standard
Chris Grayling is nowhere to be found as anger mounts over the dreadful state of the railways this summer. End of the line? 1/8/2018 The Telegraph 
Boris says women who wear burqas look ridiculous - like post boxes or bank robbers. The reaction was predictable - he knew what he was doing. But where is he to be found today? London Evening Standard 7/8/2018
The weather begins to turn while the Boris burqa storm builds. The heatwave is over but it's not the end of the torture for Theresa May. 8/8/2018 Evening Standard
The Boris burqa kerfuffle gathers momentum. Ruth Davidson says Boris was wrong - wearing a burqa is just like a Christian wearing a crucifix. Meanwhile, Dominic Grieve says Boris is unfit for office. 9/8/2018 London Evening Standard
Mr Bean (alias Rowan Atkinson) steps in to the burqa debate by saying that Boris should be allowed to mock religion; 10/8/2018 London Evening Standard
EU suspects that MI6 have been spying on their negotiating team at the Brexit talks. Phew! They must have uncovered some really valuable information to put the UK where it is now - in such a...er...strong position; Evening Standard 17/8/2018
The dreaded Nigel Farage announces that "he's back", having teamed up with the extreme right wing Brexiters Leave Means Leave. Personally, I won;t be going to see Nige and the Headbangers Comeback Tour. I'm sure some will though; 19/8/2018 The Telegraph![UK tries some brave but tentative bear-baiting but who will respond to the call? USA? France? [OK, OK it's a cliche but that's what we do...and it's nice to draw bears and chains and stuff]; London Evening Standard 21/8/2018](../../images/galleries/29/thumb/758.jpg "UK tries some brave but tentative bear-baiting but who will respond to the call? USA? France? [OK, OK it's a cliche but that's what we do...and it's nice to draw bears and chains and stuff]; London Evening Standard 21/8/2018")
UK tries some brave but tentative bear-baiting but who will respond to the call? USA? France? [OK, OK it's a cliche but that's what we do...and it's nice to draw bears and chains and stuff]; London Evening Standard 21/8/2018
A timely intervention from Hezza, king of the Tory jungle is back! And this time he wants a Final Say Be scared, monkeys! 27/8/2018 The Independent 
So, that cunning Baron de Barnier comes to the rescue of princess Theresa with his Operation Save Theresa, releasing her from the dark tower of NoDeal Brexit and the black prince Boris?? We'll see, I guess. The Telegraph 12/9/2018![Boris on Brexit: the UK looks like “a seven-stone weakling being comically bent out of shape by a 500lb gorilla [the EU]." Meanwhile, Strictly Come Dancing reveals dance partners; The Independent 9/9/2018](../../images/galleries/29/thumb/761.jpg "Boris on Brexit: the UK looks like “a seven-stone weakling being comically bent out of shape by a 500lb gorilla [the EU].\" Meanwhile, Strictly Come Dancing reveals dance partners; The Independent 9/9/2018")
Boris on Brexit: the UK looks like “a seven-stone weakling being comically bent out of shape by a 500lb gorilla [the EU]." Meanwhile, Strictly Come Dancing reveals dance partners; The Independent 9/9/2018
Bonking Boris & henchmen little village idiot Liam Fox, the austere, malevolent cardinal Jacob Rees-Mogg and court jester David Davis prepare for execution while Theresa May mildly complains of being "a little bit irritated"; The Independent 17/9/2018
Corbyn announces that he could settle for a Brexit with a Customs Union and nips off to Brussels to tell Barnier so. 27/9/2018 London Evening Standard
Boris Johnson publishes his "great" new Super Canada plan just in time to announce his looming presence at the Tory Conference to put the wind up Theresa May and her increasingly dead-looking Chequers plan. Will he make a move for power? unpublished 27/9/2018
The 2018 Tory conference is shaping up to be a backstabbing belter. Boris looks set to use it as a platform to kill off May. The sensible part of the party wants anyone but him. London Evening Standard 1/10/2018
EU promises May a "supercharged" free trade deal on the basis of Canada-plus - just what BorisJohnson has always wanted...deregulated freedom for commerce. This can't end well...for anyone. Is this Junckers' final revenge? Independent 7/10/2018
Looks like that nice Arlene and the DUP are holding the ever-so-powerful May government hostage, then #BrexitShambles Theresa May. Just another day in the saga. Telegraph 12/10/2018
Those parallel negotiation teams preparing for next week's EU summit are making big progress, it seems. The Telegraph 13/10/2018 
Cabinet ministers should mutiny against Theresa May's proposed Brexit deal, says David Davis. May suggested a temporary customs arrangement for the whole UK to remain in the customs union while the Irish border issue is resolved. Brexiteers suspect this c
It's the anniversary of the Battle of Hastings, so the Bayeux tapestry seemed appropriate. May was getting battered from all sides - her own government, headbanger Brexit backbenchers, the EU and her own ephemeral Brexit Secretary. It wasn't a good look. 
Archaeologists find what they believe to be the world’s oldest intact shipwreck at the bottom of the Black Sea where it appears to have lain undisturbed for more than 2,400 years. Meanwhile, the Brexit stalemated debate inches on, seemingly going nowhere.
The cabinet looks as divided as ever, while May has to carry them ever onwards to who knows where. The Telegraph 7/11/2018.
The UK will be kicked out of the EU's Galileo Global Positioning satellite project after Brexit. We will make our own - at cut-price costs. This all sounds wildly exciting. Telegraph 2/12/2018 
Corbyn faces a backlash from Labour party members and young voters who feel betrayed over his Brexit stance. There'll be no gifts this Christmas for them. Mean-spirited elf Seumas Milne despatches an empty sack. Independent 24/12/2018
Sajid Javid, now appointed "gold commander" , is resisting calls for more patrol boats to be deployed to the Channel to tackle the migrant crisis despite last night declaring it a “major incident.” The border patrol consists of a pathetically small number
![UK tries some brave but tentative bear-baiting but who will respond to the call? USA? France? [OK, OK it's a cliche but that's what we do...and it's nice to draw bears and chains and stuff]; London Evening Standard 21/8/2018](../../images/galleries/29/blowup/758.jpg "UK tries some brave but tentative bear-baiting but who will respond to the call? USA? France? [OK, OK it's a cliche but that's what we do...and it's nice to draw bears and chains and stuff]; London Evening Standard 21/8/2018")
![Boris on Brexit: the UK looks like “a seven-stone weakling being comically bent out of shape by a 500lb gorilla [the EU]." Meanwhile, Strictly Come Dancing reveals dance partners; The Independent 9/9/2018](../../images/galleries/29/blowup/761.jpg "Boris on Brexit: the UK looks like “a seven-stone weakling being comically bent out of shape by a 500lb gorilla [the EU].\" Meanwhile, Strictly Come Dancing reveals dance partners; The Independent 9/9/2018")
