Turner Prize winner Grayson Perry delivered an excoriating attack on Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party, describing the political movement as rigid and dogmatic during an appearance on BBC Radio 4 in London.
The ceramicist, who was invited to guest-edit the flagship Today programme on 26 December 2019, argued that Labour operates with "a list of 20 things and if you only agree with 19 then you're a fascist."
Perry argued that Corbyn lost the general election in part because he "didn't seem to sense who Britain was."
Until recently, Perry had been a Labour supporter and had previously donated artwork for the party to sell to raise money when Ed Miliband was leader.
Conservative election campaign and victory
Daily Mail political commentator Jack Doyle went inside the campaign of Boris Johnson to reveal how the "blond rock star who knew what the people wanted stormed to victory over Jeremy Corbyn" on 13 December 2019 following an election tsunami.
Throughout the general election campaign, Conservative staff out on the road with Johnson were always more optimistic than those based in London because they saw at first hand the positive reception he received from members of the public.
In the final analysis, voters ignored the 24-hour news cycle and decided that breaking the political deadlock was their priority, as campaign chief Isaac Levido helped steer the Prime Minister to victory.
Writing on 10 December 2019 ahead of polling day, Doyle argued that Labour was using every trick to get its support out in a knife-edge election, urging voters to go to the polls.
Doyle framed the race as a choice between Corbyn, whom he described as "a friend to Britain's enemies, who has harboured racists in his own party and whose hard-Left prospectus would lay waste to Britain's economy" while offering only "the paralysis and pain of a second Brexit referendum," and Johnson, who promised to "Get Brexit Done" and deliver a "moderate, One Nation Conservative prospectus with increases in funding for public services."
With opinion polls narrowing in the final days of the campaign, the Prime Minister warned of the "clear and present danger" of a hung parliament.
In earlier political analysis published in December 2019 as the election loomed, Doyle warned that if Conservative voters stayed at home, Corbyn could snatch victory.
Brexit negotiations under Prime Minister Boris Johnson
In October 2019, Doyle reported that the Prime Minister threw down the gauntlet to Brussels, questioning whether the European Union would play ball or turn over the negotiating table before Johnson had even sat down.
In September 2019, a top cabinet minister made a plea to Johnson to break his promise and delay Brexit rather than resign and let Corbyn into 10 Downing Street for up to a year before an election could be held.
Analyzing Johnson's arrival in Downing Street in July 2019, Doyle examined the host of bold promises made by the new Prime Minister and questioned whether he could deliver them for Britain.
Doyle attacked a threat by Conservative MP Dominic Grieve to vote against the Prime Minister to spark a general election, describing it as a "shameful Tory plot to bring down Tories."
In July 2019, Doyle noted that Johnson would have just 100 days to "do or die in his bid to take Britain out of the EU by Halloween" if he became Prime Minister.
Doyle added that "Lion King Boris" would learn how savage the Westminster political jungle could be upon reaching No 10.
Labour battles and Theresa May premiership
In June 2019, Doyle warned that political civil war could destroy Corbyn as Labour's battle over Brexit was just beginning.
In May 2019, Doyle chronicled "May's day of disaster," describing hour by hour how Prime Minister Theresa May's power vanished as even loyal Conservative MPs turned viciously against her.
In April 2019, Doyle examined whether May had any choice but to reach out to Corbyn and what would happen if cross-party Brexit talks failed.
In March 2019, Doyle published a guide explaining political developments after May took the biggest gamble of her political career in Brexit negotiations.
In February 2019, Doyle rejected claims that hardline Brexiteers were acting on principle, writing that the "hard Brexit mob just want to burn the house down."
In January 2019, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said the UK should not "underestimate its strength" after Brexit, when it will act as a "chain linking democracies around the world."
In December 2018, Doyle reported that while tinsel was still hanging on Christmas trees, cabinet ministers were already busy preparing Conservative leadership bids during the Brexit break.
Doyle also reviewed an extraordinary 24 hours in Westminster for May, noting that allies flooded television networks and Twitter while her husband Philip watched over her at Prime Minister's Questions.
Doyle analyzed how French President Emmanuel Macron's "backstop blackmail" and "hand grenade" sabotaged May's Brexit deal, sparking two weeks of political chaos and destroying her hopes of a pre-Christmas crunch vote.
In November 2018, Doyle explained why MPs hated May's Brexit deal, why the Prime Minister argued they were wrong, and what could happen next.
