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Why are Labour such a mess? | What is going on?
Labour have been in power for 100 days. The reason why we fixate on the first 100 days is because of Napoleon; 100 days was how long it took for him to escape from Elba, return to France, seize the country, become Emperor (again), invade Belgium and lose the battle of Waterloo. Having come to … Read more
Cutting Pensioner Winter Fuel Allowance | Why?
The Conservatives are going to force a vote on Labours plans to cut the Winter Fuel Allowance next week. Some Labour MPs are going to rebel. Older voters are furious and some younger ones too. Politically this is terrible so why are Labour cutting the pensioner winter fuel allowance? This looks exactly the wrong policy … Read more
What just happened?
With a couple of days to digest we can start and see some trends emerging from the rubble of the Conservative Party Labour were expected to win a landslide with 40%+ of the vote. In the end they won a landslide with a much lower vote share, with other parties also doing incredibly well. … Read more
Starmer | One year on, no way back
It’s one year since Keir Starmer became leader of the Labour Party, and newspapers have been full of lengthy profile pieces trying to work out if he is doing badly. I haven’t changed my view that I set out at the start of the year: Starmer has by far and away the biggest problem in … Read more