From Elsewhere: The death of working class representation in Parliament.
There’s a very good recent comment from the political writer Matthew Goodwin about how little the working classes in Britain are represented in the…
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A stopped Lefty clock that is right twice a day.
Normally I’m one of those people who believe that every day is ‘Owen Jones Is A Wanker Day’. He’s an insufferable, smug, authoritarian left…
From Elsewhere: The mad, mad, mad, mad world of Prevent.
The Prevent anti-extremism project was created by the government of Tony Blair in 2003 to tackle one of Britain’s sadly now perennial problems, that…
Quote of the Day. 16/02/2023 – Yes why didn’t Starmer speak up when he should have done.
The writer Chris Rose has made a very interesting point about Sir Keir Starmer and his claim that he has helped to get rid…
Ding Dong the dangerous loon is gone
So at last, finally, what many hoped would happen has happened and the Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has tendered her resignation from her…
I told you this would happen – Liverpool edition.
For a number of years now this blog has run an occasional feature entitled ‘I told you this would happen’. This feature is primarily…
Quote of the Day. 09/02/2023. A saying that probably needs to be revived.
As we live in a time when it is getting easier, because of the constant scandals, to be contemptuous of some Parliamentarians contemptible behaviour,…
Troon loon pushback rumours which could be good news
This is a piece based on an series of unconfirmed rumours which I’ve heard. If the rumours are true, then it shows that there…
From Elsewhere: Some sense about trophy hunting.
Having been an observer of politics for many a year I’ve found that I’ve had to come to the conclusion that legislation based on…
Rishi rearranges the deckchairs on RMS Titanic.
The UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is having a Cabinet reshuffle. So far it’s extremely unexciting and with the exception of the promotion of…
