Sense Out Of Nonsense: Northern Ireland, Brexit, and Liz Truss
Northern Ireland has been prominent in the headlines in the week beginning 9th May. The situation has been a thorn in the side of the Tories since the Brexit referendum…
Civil Servants Face Mass Sackings
Tories plan mass sacking of civil servants. An attack on public servants is an attack on public services and an attack on the public. Time to fight back.
Sense Out Of Nonsense: Northern Ireland, Brexit, and Liz Truss
Northern Ireland has been prominent in the headlines in the week beginning 9th May. The situation has been a thorn in the side of the Tories since the Brexit referendum…
Sir Keir Starmer – Midwife To Johnson’s Babies
Starmer derailed Corbyn’s Labour with his People’s Vote policy, but he had already derailed the Tories by blocking May’s deal. By this act alone he shifted their trajectory dramatically to…
The Briefing Feb 5th
Review of the week's news including articles on partygate, Jerem
Brexit bonuses – apparently
Boris Johnson is frantically trying to distract us from the scandal of Partygate and the report into it by announcing, two years into Brexit, that there is much to ‘celebrate’…
Budget Tricks with not many Treats
Yesterday’s budget was full of tricks. But look closely and there were not many treats. Sunak ignored the moral millionaires who asked to pay more tax and shift the burden…
Keir Starmer’s Top Ten Mistakes
Electability Keir Starmer, a defence lawyer who later became Director of Public Prosecutions, was first elected as a Labour MP in the safe seat of Holborn and St Pancras in…
This IS What You Voted For!
A brief comment on the importance of pointing the finger of responsibility for the Brexit mess at the right targets – those who couldn’t tell the difference between whatever it…