One of the more interesting moments already in the nascent race to see who becomes the next leader of the opposition was when Jess Phillips appeared to suggest that Labour could campaign to rejoin the EU, if the conditions were right – and then, a few days later, appeared to retract this possibility. What the […]
A review of “Rise of Skywalker”, a look at McDonald’s new business model, then melting into a rant about society
Took the kids to see Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker yesterday afternoon. Before I tell you about the movie, I need to talk about what happened immediately afterwards. My son was thirsty and there was a McDonald’s across the road from the cinema. I figured it was the easiest and quickest way to get him […]
What the Corbynistas and the centrists they despise have in common
If I had been in a coma for the last month and when I awoke could only judge by Labour/FBPE/Lib Dem Twitter what the result of the general election had been, I would assume that we’d had a hung parliament and that the Tories had caved in and opted for a second EU referendum to […]
Why I really think the Right keeps winning and the Left keeps losing
Everyone is doing post-mortems of why Labour and the Lib Dems did so badly in the general election and why the Tories were able to make such a massive electoral breakthrough. Understandably, a lot of this has focused on leaders, manifesto policies and short campaign tactics. I would like to now move onto the bigger […]
Why the “Labour’s been losing voters for decades” explanation for the 2019 general election defeat is such a terrible one
Since “It was all Brexit’s fault” as an explanation for why Labour got decimated in a general election last month didn’t work as well as intended, the Left have cottoned onto a new one. Labour’s been losing voters for ages, apparently, decades even; it’s just that Jeremy was in the wrong place at the wrong […]
On the final day of it, a review of the last decade
There has been a weird lack of any sort of media pieces about the end of the decade. This is in sharp contrast to say, the end of the millennium, where everyone and his dog had a go at such a thing; even the end of the noughties brought with them a cavalcade of self-reflection. […]
Why Keir Starmer might have a better chance of becoming the next Labour leader than many think
This article could simply be some form of optimism rearing its head after having digested the general election result and decided to look on the bright side of life again. Bear that in mind. But I think Keir Starmer might have a much better chance at winning the leadership contest early next year than a […]
This is the only way the Labour Party can win the next election – and who I think the Labour membership will pick as leader as a result
A lot of people seem to have already conceded the next general election to the Tories. It is easy to understand why. Labour’s reaction to their crushing loss has not been inspiring. The Left have an arrogance that is truly breathtaking yet understandable: the membership have backed them every step of the way since 2015. […]
Here’s one thing that was definitely positive about the general election result
I know many of you are still hurting from what happened last Thursday; still trying to absorb its meaning. I think I’ve discovered what for me at least was the most positive thing about the general election result: it brings us back to representative democracy again, finally ditching the ill-conceived flirtation with direct democracy we […]
My “Labour membership” dilemma
Imagine you’re a liberal person like me. You found the general election campaign torturous because on one hand you didn’t want Boris to win, but you also wanted Corbyn to be politically annihilated, and the chance of both of those things happening simultaneously seemed slim. Ah, but there was one hope: what if the Lib […]