Conservatives
Labour’s bad boys – Part 21 Dan Norris
Dan Norris was the MP for Wansdyke from 1997 to 2010. In 2021 he was elected as Mayor of the West of England until his arrest in April 2025. In the 2024 GE he defeated [more…]
Articles by well_chuffed
Elections
Continuity Rodney
It’s all over then, Spanner has done the off, or will have in a week’s time, and the Knob o’t North will be taking over. From what I can see very little will change, it [more…]
20th Century
Wendyball – flair or organisation
Back in the good old days, say the 60s and 70s, the top team in world football was arguably Brasil. You were only allowed to play for the national team if you plied your trade [more…]
Labour
Gentle Fracking
On Thursday the 9th my ears nearly fell off and it was nothing to do with nominations for the Labour leadership opening. It was because a bitcoin mining company in North Yorkshire is going to [more…]
Conservatives
Labour’s bad boys – Part 20 Rushanara Ali
Another import from the Sylhet District of Bangladesh. We’ve already had an article on Tulip Siddiq and an honourable mention for Baroness Uddin in the expenses scandal, now we turn our attention to Rushanara Ali. [more…]
Elections
Knob o’t North
As mentioned by Mike Graham and Kevin O’Sullivan the self styled King o’t North has now been christened the Knob o’t North. The story so far is hard to believe. The mascara man has been [more…]
Conservatives
Labour’s bad boys – Part 19 Crayons
If the PM and his Deputy are on the make then we can expect an epidemic of fiddling among their minions. Angela Rayner has been the MP for Ashton-under-Lyne since 2015. Having left school at [more…]
Communism
Labour’s bad boys – Part 18 Andrew Gwynne
Andrew John Gwynne is the MP for Gorton and Denton. He was suspended in 2025 because of offensive messages he had written on WhatsApp, In 1996 he was elected to Tameside Council and has done [more…]
Communism
Labour’s bad boys – Part 17 Keith and his freebies
We are still in 2024 and this story caused quite a commotion when it broke. Who among us has ever turned down a gift. Aside from Xmas and birthdays I don’t remember ever getting a [more…]