Adam Tugwell

Recent Posts

• The public sector and the way government works in this Country is broken. Change has become vital and Dominic Cummings may have just shown us all where it can all begin January 8, 2020
• The #Indyref2 question will only be a problem for Boris whilst Sturgeon continues to frame the debate December 19, 2019
• That was the 2019 General Election that was. The UK’s future now depends upon how Boris decides to step beyond December 13, 2019
• The Makeshift Manifesto December 6, 2019
• Q. Why are the Polls changing? – A. Because nothing else in politics is December 3, 2019
• Still not voting… November 27, 2019
• As a Licensing Chair I would have understood why TFL has refused to renew Uber’s License. Actually, I wouldn’t have awarded them one in the first place – but that helps nobody now November 26, 2019
• Legislators should legislate. Not spend public cash like it simply doesn’t count November 22, 2019
• Our Politicians are failing us over flooding, but this is nothing new. ‘Out of sight, out of mind’ is simply the method they use to prioritise everything they do November 14, 2019
• Now that Farage has stepped aside to aide the Establishment’s Brexit, what happens if Boris doesn’t win and 17.4 Million Leavers are left with nothing more than multiple versions of Remain? November 12, 2019
• Labour’s Universal Basic Income is nothing but a temporary bridge across a black hole of a problem that none of the Parties understand or are prepared to deal with November 10, 2019
• No, we don’t get the Brexit we Voted for if the Brexit Party steps aside. It’s up to Boris to compromise and then we can all win – not just him November 9, 2019
• The only genuine protection for the NHS is meaningful reform November 9, 2019
• Corbyn had a bad day yesterday. But the truth will be no friend to the Conservatives as a result November 8, 2019
• Parliament vs The People: The Public’s view of our time that becomes a false narrative the very moment that Boris attempts to make it his own November 7, 2019
• No Boris, you won’t need this dodgy deal with a majority in Parliament and it’s only if you drop it that you will get the majority in Parliament that you want November 7, 2019
• No Boris, profit isn’t a god to be worshipped. Many of the problems you tell us you care about are driven by greed for money as the root cause November 6, 2019
• Leader debates make cheap peak time TV. But there are bigger fish to fry and these 3 Leaders haven’t even worked out how to operate a net November 6, 2019
• Lindsay Hoyle was the best choice. But there’s a lot more to fixing this shit than just a change of Speaker involved November 5, 2019
• No, I will not vote in an Election where there isn’t an option for change. Why would I? November 5, 2019
• Play the ball, not the man. November 4, 2019
• Selling out for electoral footholds: why politics in the UK has become so cheap November 3, 2019
• Want to understand Farage’s position? Read Boris’ Agreement and consider all of it in its fullest context: It’s Remain November 2, 2019
• If Boris wants a legacy as a stand-out leader, now is the time to accept he cannot deliver a real Brexit alone November 1, 2019
• None of you represent the People. That’s the problem – you represent yourselves November 1, 2019
• Labour’s plan to impose yet more regulations on business that prioritise wages and employee conditions will help nobody – least of all the employees themselves October 31, 2019
• Boris COULD have taken the UK out of the EU today, but he chose to go his own way October 31, 2019
• Don’t blame the Americans for doing what the Americans do. Worry about the people who have been appointed to negotiate with them – because it’s their ineptitude and self-interest that will cause us hurt October 30, 2019
• The Leave constituency is ‘heads’, ‘hearts’ or ‘let’s back whoever is most likely to deliver’. If there is a choice of Brexit Candidates, Leavers will not all be voting the same October 30, 2019
• So the General Election is ON. But have any of the pennies dropped with our would-be leaders? October 29, 2019
• Boris has one last chance to secure the Exit from the EU that the UK Voted for: Forget the bogus deal and campaign in the General Election for a clean Brexit October 29, 2019
• This Parliament is a ship of fools, focused only on their own future October 29, 2019
• A General Election is the only realistic step forward. Whether or not it will change anything is an entirely different question with Boris’ ‘deal’ as it is October 25, 2019
• Get Brexit done – but don’t fall into the elephant trap of thinking Boris Johnson’s deal is it October 22, 2019
• If we want anything like normality back and the type of Government we deserve in this Country, we need a General Election where none of these MPs or the existing Political Parties can stand again October 22, 2019
• Gove threatens the DUP with the exit of Northern Ireland from the UK if they don’t support the same deal which makes it all but inevitable anyway October 22, 2019
• Could Bercow actually end up doing the right thing for the wrong reasons too? October 21, 2019
• Letwin behaves like a complete tool most of the time. But for all the wrong reasons he might just have thrown the right spanner into the Brexit works October 20, 2019
• If MPs pass this Trojan Horse of a deal, it’s going to cost us a lot more than a Referendum to get out of it once we all wake up October 18, 2019
• Liberals, socialists, conservatives… you MPs call yourself whatever you want. Your ideas do nothing for anyone other than yourselves whilst you masquerade as public representatives who give a shit October 18, 2019
• Back this ‘Brexit deal’ if you want to. But with these politicians and anymore like them in charge, we will soon look back and wonder what was different to simply staying in October 17, 2019
• The Brexit we voted for is now in the hands of the DUP and the MPs hellbent on Remain October 17, 2019
• No Boris, this isn’t taking back control on our terms. It’s just about winning with yours October 17, 2019
• 200 days since we were scheduled to Leave the EU and today nothing looks any different to how it did before October 16, 2019
• May’s Withdrawal Agreement was dreadful because it was not what we voted for. Selling it differently won’t make it any better October 16, 2019
• The political landscape in this Country must now be wiped clean October 15, 2019
• We MUST solve our political crisis before we have any hope of reaching a Brexit situation that works for the UK as well as the EU October 14, 2019
• By failing to protect Veterans, you fail to protect us all October 13, 2019
• Don’t be tempted to treat the Public as fools over the EU Boris, just like so many of your predecessors have done… October 12, 2019
• If Boris can secure a deal that the UK can walk away from without selling out Northern Ireland too, there will be no legitimate reason for any MP not to support it October 11, 2019
• If supporters of democracy and Leaving the EU are ready to donate, let’s skip any protest that will fall on deaf ears and go straight to being the change that the UK needs October 10, 2019
• The ‘Brexit divide’ cannot be healed until we have ALL crossed over it and returned home October 9, 2019
• Events this week have ensured Boris will only win the General Election on a ‘no deal’ ticket. Conservative MPs who believe otherwise should step aside October 9, 2019
• Leaving the EU is now vital to secure the future of the UK and will positively impact the long term of everything that we do October 8, 2019
• The EU’s plan is fully in the open and the dishonesty of Remain MPs has been completely exposed. It’s time for a General Election October 8, 2019
• It was always Leave OR Remain and Merkel has given the lie to the suggestion of anything else October 8, 2019
• Don’t mistake the frustration and bewilderment of the British People we have with the stupidity in Parliament as support for anything our Remainer MPs would have us do October 4, 2019
• The Brexit Party looks increasingly like it’s all about a form of Brexit that works for them rather than a Brexit than can work for us all October 3, 2019
• Boris proposal lacks detail and leaves questions unanswered. But it does table a framework that could lead to a workable border arrangement between a post-Brexit UK and the EU October 2, 2019
• Being Boris alone was never going to be enough to get a deal with the EU where for anyone else there never was going to be one October 1, 2019
• Government should be ensuring that people can afford to live on a basic income, not make cheap headlines from a non enforceable wage October 1, 2019
• MPs are getting high on their own supply and are on target to wake up only when all damage possible has already been done October 1, 2019
• Our system of Government is no longer fit for purpose and we are unlikely to get the change required if it is left in the hands of any of these MPs September 30, 2019
• Boris’ audacity might just win a majority. But with many of the same MPs returning, it will not be enough to get Brexit done September 29, 2019
• Disregarding the will of the People is bad enough. But colluding with a foreign power to continue doing so is treachery at best September 29, 2019
• Yes, the ‘news’ is bullshit. Presenters and journalists are just upset because they don’t realise they are projecting their own opinion instead of fact September 28, 2019
• If MPs are successful installing Corbyn as ‘caretaker’ PM, they’d better hope there are public servants willing to oppose and stand in the way of a Prime Minister for the right reasons, rather than for self-serving ones too September 27, 2019
• This Parliament is a joke that would be funny if the actions of our MPs were not so serious. They are doing nothing less than opening the safety doors that enclosed our democracy and inviting a revolution in September 26, 2019
• Boris has no reason to apologise when in miscreated circumstances all he has done is attempt to lead September 25, 2019
• A General Election is the only thing that any responsible Parliament would now do. But Opposition MPs know they are going backwards on their road to No10 September 25, 2019
• As we see the decision of MPs to override the will of the People over Brexit made manifest, now with the support of the Courts, one can only wonder if any of them are self aware enough to ask themselves was it worth it? September 24, 2019
• The Supreme Court has lit the fuse on a time bomb sitting under our democracy and whole system of government too September 24, 2019
• Qualified academically or not, we are all capable of greatness or of being complete and utter fools September 24, 2019
• Labour’s economic illiteracy and lack of understanding of how businesses actually work should make frightening reading for us all September 23, 2019
• Welcome to the Labour Party’s land of lost opportunity where nothing more than anger and the lowest common denominator rules September 23, 2019
• Ignore the climate change concerns of young people and children if you dare. But addressing the shared fate of nations will help to solve many more of our UK problems as they have the same cause September 20, 2019
• The Lib Dems could be about to make Labour irrelevant. But polarising the Brexit debate by promising to scrap it would mean victory in the next General Election is a very hollow win September 20, 2019
• The Supreme Court is being asked to rule on circumstances that are the exception. If it doesn’t consider that, the implications will be permanent September 19, 2019
• 3R’s for Boris: Recall. Resign. Regroup. September 12, 2019
• Has Boris blown Brexit? September 11, 2019
• The ‘opposition’ has focussed the Brexit argument on Boris and the way to win is to move the focus back – by resigning September 9, 2019
• Jailing a Prime Minister because he refuses to act on laws which conflict with democracy will open up a Pandora’s box – but it won’t make him wrong September 7, 2019
• The Government needs to take a leaf out of the Remainers book and deliver Brexit – no matter what it now takes September 6, 2019
• The biggest problem with today’s politicians is they don’t know the difference between doing what’s right and doing what’s right September 6, 2019
• Changing Politics for the better Pt 7: Social Care September 6, 2019
• Changing Politics for the better Pt 6: Governing the Internet, Social Media and the online world September 6, 2019
• Changing Politics for the better Pt 5: HS2 & Travel by Rail September 6, 2019
• Changing Politics for the better Pt 4: Housing September 6, 2019
• Changing Politics for the better Pt 3: Money September 6, 2019
• Changing Politics for the better Pt 2: Bringing Jobs & Manufacturing home September 6, 2019
• Changing Politics for the better Pt 1: Public Sector Reform September 6, 2019
• Restoring Democracy Pt 8: The Electoral System September 6, 2019
• Restoring Democracy Pt 7: Public Services should only have one master September 6, 2019
• Restoring Democracy Pt 6: Ambition & Direction – not broken promises and being strung along September 6, 2019
• Restoring Democracy Pt 5: The new politician – qualified by experience, not experienced enough by qualification alone September 6, 2019
• Restoring Democracy Pt 4: Joined-up thinking, rather than focusing on issues on their own September 6, 2019
• Restoring Democracy Pt 3: Communities & locality first September 6, 2019
• Restoring Democracy Pt 2: We ALL have a part to play in change September 6, 2019
• Restoring Democracy Pt 1: The ‘Old’ Politics September 6, 2019
• We didn’t vote for Brexit subject to a deal in the first place and won’t vote for anything other than a no deal exit from the EU now September 5, 2019
• Brexit was the lifting of the stone that covered everything wrong with Politics and now we are witnessing all of the darkness exposing itself to light September 5, 2019
• Brexit and democracy will be lost for us all if Boris and Farage continue trying to shape it in their own image September 5, 2019
• There’s nothing wrong with Boris doing everything necessary to stop undemocratic MPs wrecking our Brexit – so long as he’s not going to do the same thing August 28, 2019
• The EU will have to be faced with implementing their hard border before they will compromise in the way that a reasonable organisation would August 24, 2019
• Ditching the Backstop is the priority. Without it we have the exit clause that means everything else is actually up for negotiation August 20, 2019
• Conservative MPs will never be held responsible for most of the wrongs they have done. Make no mistake – helping a Marxist into No10 will be very different August 15, 2019
• These are dangerous days for our democracy and freedoms. What our public un-representatives do now will have implications that go way beyond Brexit and could result in life changing for us all August 15, 2019
• Politicians created the fake news culture and only want to tackle the narratives that are out of their control August 15, 2019
• The establishment is crowing about the ComRes poll – but this is the tip of how people really feel and we want our democracy back August 13, 2019
• Gambling companies soon stop betting that puts their profits at risk. They can surely do the same when it comes to the risk to customers August 12, 2019
• Boots Corner: Let Cheltenham decide August 12, 2019
• The impact from the clash of egos between Boris, his team and Farage should be a concern for us all August 12, 2019
• Boots Corner: Who was it really closed for and why? August 3, 2019
• Beating the Backstop: How to make a hard Border in Ireland and with any of our EU Neighbours irrelevant when Brexit is delivered August 1, 2019
• If this is how the best of the field to be PM already shapes up, we really are in trouble now June 25, 2019
• Brexit is the doorway to change June 23, 2019
• The EU’s stranglehold over the UK: How impractical idealism created a real-life straightjacket June 23, 2019
• The United States of Europe: Supranational Aims and Lost Identities for us all June 23, 2019
• The Real EU Story is one that never gets told June 23, 2019
• Brexit is the symptom, not the cause June 23, 2019
• Brexit: We fear change – but only when we are aware of it June 23, 2019
• The pretence that the UK MUST have a Deal with the EU to Leave is a myth June 23, 2019
• Ten for No.10 when it comes to the Top Job. But ZERO applications for leading the UK properly and taking the responsibility required to make Brexit stick and open up the doors for us all to the bright new world beyond June 11, 2019
• Want a real Brexit and Corbyn kept out of No.10? – A General Election is now the only way… June 7, 2019
• Yes Tories, by all means Prorogue Parliament, just so you can say you delivered a No Deal Brexit. But understand you will take us straight back in to the EU on terms of surrender if you do June 6, 2019
• The next Conservative PM will have to steer a difficult path to a ‘No Deal’ Brexit or they won’t stay in No.10 for very long June 4, 2019
• Delivering Brexit – in steps June 4, 2019
• Brexit: What must happen June 4, 2019
• Has interpretation and reinterpretation of everything just to suit the narrative simply gone too far? May 31, 2019
• The Brexit Party May well end up hoisted by its own petard if the UK Exits the EU BEFORE we have a General Election and a Brexit-backing majority of MPs has been secured May 30, 2019
• It may well be in the EU’s interests to let the UK crash out in October with no deal. Because without a change of Parliament, they know this Remain majority of MPs will use any panic to lever us straight back in – and strictly on the EU’s terms May 29, 2019
• A No Deal Brexit will only be a threat to the EU when it’s real. That’s when concessions worth more than words will come, yet none of those who would be PM show any sign that they will do what must be done May 28, 2019
• Sorry folks – The Brexit Party has done well, but won’t win a majority at Westminster anytime soon. That isn’t to say however, that it shouldn’t become very much involved May 27, 2019
• A No Deal Exit from the EU without a General Election and working majority may be the quickest way to Brexit failure and to taking us straight back in May 27, 2019
• Nothing is going to happen until the end of May in June. The Tories should use this time wisely and elect a new Leader now – because change cannot come too soon May 26, 2019
• Compromise on Brexit is a choice that MPs have never had May 25, 2019
• A New Politics May 24, 2019
• Catastrophic indecision lies at the heart of this Government and the Conservative Party. Yet most of those responsible are on the list to replace Mrs May May 23, 2019
• How do you change politics for good? – By changing the way Politicians think so they do the best for everyone, just as they always should May 22, 2019
• Mays ‘bold new Brexit deal’ is nothing more than a different shade of lipstick smeared across the mouth of the same dead pig May 21, 2019
• Any PM who respects the Will of the People has a ‘No Deal’ Brexit mandate. Boris’ Achilles Heel will be tying himself to the mast of ‘One Nation Conservatives’ in an attempt to secure a Leadership ‘win’ May 21, 2019
• No Chancellor, it’s not hijacking Brexit when the People are taking back from you what we already own May 21, 2019
• One Nation Conservatism and the Old Politics are the same thing. It’s a horse that won’t run now the Brexit stone has been lifted and Voters are looking for something that works and is actually new May 20, 2019
• A Customs Union: Anything that looks so simple and involves the EU will always be too good to be true May 20, 2019
• BREAKING: The Conservative Party is BREAKING, and every Member of the Cabinet shares responsibility for May still being in No.10 May 14, 2019
• I’m as big a Brexiteer as anyone, but I won’t be voting for the Brexit Party or anyone else next week and here’s why… May 13, 2019
• Everything wrong with our Political Parties has gifted them with the inability to change and what follows a win by the Brexit Party is what we should now be fearing most May 12, 2019
• May’s Elephant Trap meets the Elephants in the room – again!? May 11, 2019
• No Tories, you can’t all be the next Prime Minister. Lose the selfish ambition and unite behind a Brexiteer who can win a General Election within 6 months instead May 10, 2019
• Will May’s final legacy be the longest squatter in No.10? May 9, 2019