The Best and Worse of 2022
We won’t forget 2022 in a hurry. When we look back to what we were doing this time last Christmas and New Year it is hard to imagine that everything … Continue reading The Best and Worse of 2022
Politics from a 'Marginal Constituency’
We won’t forget 2022 in a hurry. When we look back to what we were doing this time last Christmas and New Year it is hard to imagine that everything … Continue reading The Best and Worse of 2022
Boris Johnson faces Tory wrath as party slumps in shock poll …. screams the Observer headline on my return to the news. Party in despair, senior MP says, as Labour … Continue reading Back from a Summer Break.
We are just one week into keir Starmer’s leadership of the Labour Party so it’s not time to making grand statements that might look a little foolish in 6-12months time! … Continue reading A Competent Shadow Cabinet – A Really Welcome Start!
This feels a strange day. In normal circumstances news would be dominated by the announcement of the new Labour leader. Quite rightly the special conference arranged for today was cancelled. So instead I sat at home refreshing my twitter feed like thousands of others across the country.
I know Westminster is often described as a political bubble and therefore anything that is said inside is somehow not worth the same as a ‘real discussion’ on the doorstep! … Continue reading Quick Dip Back Inside the Bubble
After quite a bit of shadow boxing we finally got the list of Labour leadership candidates yesterday and with Jeremy Corbyn making the final ballot with seconds to spare adding … Continue reading Labour Leadership Runners – Corbyn Makes It