Politics from a 'Marginal Constituency’
The analysis of the local election results has continued all week and still much of it has been about its impact on the next General Election not what happens in our local town halls. I plead guilty to being part of that commentary despite my desire to promote local democracy.
It feels impossible to take a week off from politics even in these more ‘normal’ times! The Sunak era was supposed to bring us calm sensible government. The Tory party itself has always had other ideas. Who knew?
Today the Labour Party unveiled its plans for devolving power away from Westminster and modernising our unwritten constitution. The headlines are dominated by the democratisation (or abolition as this sounds so much sexier) of the House of Lords as this is the ‘easy to understand’ element of the package. It is right to do and something about the Lords, but this is only part of redistributing power. This is political power, but I am just as interested in where economic lies in this country.
I have set myself the target of writing this mini blog about once a week to catch up on the main headlines and themes of the week. It is almost … Continue reading Where do you start – what political week for the Tories?
As 2020 is just around the corner it feels appropriate to look back over the last decade and not just 2019. Perhaps because 2019 seems to have so politically exhausting … Continue reading Time for a Fresh Political Start in 2020? What will 2030 look like?
As you may have gathered from my twitter and Facebook I have fortunately been slightly pre occupied over the last week with the Parliamentary Rugby World Cup. Ironically the event … Continue reading A Week IS a Long Time in Politics
Until I sat down to write this I hadn’t realised how many Labour Party leadership elections I had been through. Like a lot of things in life I still regard … Continue reading Leadership Election Veteran – So Seeking YOUR vote..
In a social media age my timeline this week was filled with new MPs ‘selfie’ photos of them swearing into the new Parliament. Clearly they were ‘official’ selfies from some … Continue reading Parliament Returns – but not for All
View from the Margins 