Just as the Grauniad predicted, see it might have been prescient, Bridget Phllipson goes head to head with Lucy Powell for the title of deputy leader of the Labour Party. Number 10 favours Bridget while [more…]
As nominations closed for the Labour Deputy leadership election there were six candidates. Who were they and what happened to them? Read on! Paula Barker Fifty-three-year-old Paula is from Merseyside, was raised by a single [more…]
Ever since that rogue Bill Clinton came up with his triangulation thing there has been a consensus in British politics that you have to occupy the centre ground to have any chance of winning an [more…]
Bill Boaks was just one in a long line of eccentric political candidates. These days we have the Raving Loony candidates, Count Binface, bus-pass Elvis and a few others. Bill was in a class of [more…]
The days when independent councillors were well-meaning, often single-cause, advocates saving a hospital or moving a gypsy camp, are long gone. Although Reform UK caught the headlines in early May’s local elections, their success was [more…]
So………… 20/1/25 was Trump’s inauguration. It was also likely his apotheosis – the vertex of Trumpness, the culmination of years of struggle. It’s hard to believe it could get any more glorious for him than [more…]
So what is this inauguration thingy they all keep on about. I suppose everyone knows it happens on January 20th but what exactly happens. I make a possibly futile attempt to explain something about it. [more…]
Monday the 20th January 2025 sees the inauguration of Donald J Trump as the 47th President of the United States of America. Following the 78-year-old Republican’s third election victory last November 9th, Trump will be [more…]
Plans are afoot to change Surrey County Council into a Unitary Authority. What this means is merging the 11 District Councils into the County Council . This should result in efficiencies and savings. Oh my [more…]
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