Sunak’s Sisyphean Nightmare: Is this the Funniest Election in History?
And we're off! The starting gun has been fired on the general election campaign — and, if the first…
Why the Climate Crisis Must be Immune from Politics
In a move that surprised nearly no one but dismayed nearly everyone, Rishi Sunak has committed to…
I Want Off this Political Carousel!
'May you live in interesting times.' This is an English translation of an old Chinese curse. I…
The Tory Party’s Dance Macabre: Why Feel-Good Politicians are the Problem
Now is the Autumn of our discontent. As the cold weather starts to arrive in Britain, fuel…
The Universal Credit Cut: Tory Cruelty Disguised as Practicality
This week the Conservative Party scrapped the £20-a-week uplift to universal credit that was…
Forget the North/South Divide: Poverty in the South of England is Being Ignored
The ‘Blue Wall’ analogy refers to prosperous, Remain-leaning seats, mainly in the South of England.…
A Call to Save the Moderate Conservative
The moderate, ‘One nation Conservative’ may be consigned to irrelevance but in elections of days to…
The Race Report isn’t Worth the Paper it’s Written On
No reasonable person was awaiting the report by the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities with…
Joe Anderson stabbed his people in the back by forcing Tory-hating Liverpool under Whitehall’s control
Whitehall is taking over aspects of Liverpool City Council following a major property development…
Why the Tories’ Third Way is a good way
While special advisor Dominic Cummings’ likely breach of lockdown rules has done some damage to the…
Tweet-tweet: Who’s there? Twitter Warfare
Brexit, the 2019 general election and now the coronavirus epidemic. Twitter has become a place for…