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Labour’s bad boys – Part 19 Crayons

2nd July 2026 well_chuffed 0

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…]

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Labour’s bad boys – Part 18 Andrew Gwynne

1st July 2026 well_chuffed 0

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…]

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YooKay2026…… A State broken by Corruption (Part 2)

30th June 2026 Going Postal 0

Almost a third of all government spending, £391 billion a year, is not spent by government departments. It is spent by 438 separate publicly funded bodies that ministers cannot direct, Parliament cannot easily scrutinise, and voters [more…]

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The Iran War, “Rope-a-Dope”, and the 1415 Battle of Agincourt

29th June 2026 Patrick Barron 0

The military consequences of the Iran War have precedence in the 1415 Battle of Agincourt, in which an inferior number of English archers defeated a much superior number of French armored knights. Its implications reverberated [more…]

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Of Cabbages, Kings in the North, & Populism (Part 1)

28th June 2026 Going Postal 0

This chap, who I fear would not get a respectful audience on GP, did however manage to snag a gig last Christmas, delivering the Reith lectures on the BBC. In a series of four lectures, [more…]

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Always Worth Saying’s Post-Brexit Review

26th June 2026 Always Worth Saying 0

This week, the 10th anniversary of the Brexit referendum was overshadowed by the excitement surrounding King of the North, Remainer Andy Burnham’s, latest steps to take over the running of the country from the clump [more…]

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Labour’s bad boys – Part 17 Keith and his freebies

25th June 2026 well_chuffed 0

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…]

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The Clairvoyant

24th June 2026 Going Postal 0

Perhaps the one aspiration all parties bar the Greens hold is to try to engineer some growth into the economy. Most of the blame attaches to the Treasury but the country seems unable to accomplish [more…]

Politics

BritSitRep2026 – An overview of all that matters (Part 2)

23rd June 2026 Going Postal 0

The popular conception of politics, taught in schools and reinforced by every TV sofa politics show, is that the people elect representatives, the representatives debate the laws, and the laws are then administered by a [more…]

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