Politics from a 'Marginal Constituency’
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?
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
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?
Clearly I’m not very good at consistently blogging. I seem to have overlooked a Covid pandemic and the final downfall of our worst Prime Minister – Johnson. I don’t know … Continue reading The Tory Leadership
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.
I don’t often write about ‘process’ stories as the point of this blog is to understand and connect politics into building a coalition of voters for a Labour government. I … Continue reading Cummings Plan to Smash up the State ?
Every political commentator always rehashes the Clinton line that all elections are about one thing – ‘It’s the economy stupid’. So in recent days the issues have drifted from the sublime … Continue reading It’s The Economy Stupid
View from the Margins 