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By Andy Reed OBE Posted on 28 Jan 202328 Jan 2023

Sleaze and Weakness doesn’t help any party in the long run.

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?

Categories: Government, Political, ToriesTags: labour, sleaze, tories
By Andy Reed OBE Posted on 29 Dec 2022

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

Categories: Labour, ToriesTags: labour, Labour leadership, Politics, tories
By Andy Reed OBE Posted on 3 Oct 20223 Oct 2022

Where do you start – what political week for the Tories?

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?

Categories: Government, Political, Tories, TrussTags: Government, tories, Truss
By Andy Reed OBE Posted on 27 Jul 202227 Jul 2022

The Tory Leadership

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

Categories: PoliticalTags: Johnson, Leadership2022, tories
By Andy Reed OBE Posted on 30 Aug 20204 Aug 2022

Back from a Summer Break.

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.

Categories: PoliticalTags: Johnson, labour, Labour leadership, tories
By Andy Reed OBE Posted on 28 Jun 2020

Cummings Plan to Smash up the State ?

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 ?

Categories: PoliticalTags: cummings, labour, tories
By Andy Reed OBE Posted on 26 Apr 2015

Values v a Shopping List

Categories: UncategorizedTags: ge2105, labour, lakof, the spirit level, tories, Zinoviev
By Andy Reed OBE Posted on 23 Apr 2015

It’s The Economy Stupid

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

Categories: UncategorizedTags: bbc, GE2015, ifs, labour, tories

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