Democracy
Always Worth Saying’s Election Night Review
I’ve done my bit. The girls at work agreed to vote for Reform. I wrote the name of the candidate on their hands in biro so they knew who to find on the ballot paper. [more…]
Review
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 27th June 2024 The Panel: Andrew Mitchell (Conservative) Yvette Cooper (Labour) Stephen Flynn (SNP) Leyla Moran (LibDem) Venue: Birmingham In recent QT reviews, we’ve spotted an over-representation of the never-had-a-job community in a [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 20th June 2024 The Panel: Rishi Sunak (Conservative) Sir Keir Starmer (Labour) Sir Edward Davey (Liberal Democrat) John Swinney (Scottish National Party) Venue: York With our ignored articles and unread comments, Puffins have [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 13th June 2024 The Panel: Douglas Ross (Conservative) Anas Sarwar (Labour) Kate Forbes (SNP) Stephen Nolan (Political Strategist) Iain Anderson (Businessman and Adviser) Venue: Edinburgh Tonight’s politicians are on Question Time too often. [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 6th June 2024 The Panel: Mark Harper (Conservative) Shabana Mahmood (Labour) Liz Saville-Roberts (Plaid Cymru) Carla Denyer (Green Party) Venue: Chester One of the Warwickshire Mahmoods, Shabana was Labour MP for Birmingham Ladywood [more…]
Conservatives
Always Worth Saying’s Leaders’ Debate Review
The French have a phrase for it. Don’t they always? Ce pays ici. As a literal translation, ‘this country of ours’. By idiom, a courtier’s name for the Versailles bubble of pre-revolutionary France. Lord Clark [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 30th May 2024 The Panel: Damian Hinds (Conservative) Wes Streeting (Labour) Nigel Farage (Reform UK) Rose Hudson-Wilkin (Bishop of Dover) Piers Morgan (Journalist) Venue: Epsom On 14th April, Scotland’s The Nation newspaper reported [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary – Week Two Hundred And Thirty-Six
Monday Good morning merry readers, and welcome to another week of my scribbles. No sun this morning, and not as warm as yesterday, but the sweaters have disappeared from the office. So, the Rich Boy [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 23rd May 2024 The Panel: Mark Spencer (Conservative) Jess Phillips (Labour) Bridget Phillipson (Labour) Ash Sarkar (Broadcaster) Daisy Cooper (LiberalDemocrat) Tim Montgomerie (Broadcaster) Venue: Coventry The other morning, embarrassingly north of 7:30 am, [more…]