Arts
The Clairvoyant
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…]
Labour
Communism
Change where nothing changes
The morning after the Makerfield by election GB News had a quick word with former Labour MP Gloria del Piero (wood and would). She was absolutely gushing about Bodybags, I suspect she was somewhat more [more…]
Democracy
Always Worth Saying’s By-election Review
The Puffin is a well-travelled bird gracing a wide variety of habitats. Rural France, various parts of Spain, the New World, the Debatable Lands, territories where the leopard runs free, Norn Iron, the Philippine Islands, [more…]
Conservatives
Labour’s bad boys – Part 16 Mike Amesbury
There have been instances of MPs getting a bit punchy after over indulging in the in-house bars in the House of Shame. This has largely been fisticuffs between MPs themselves. However, in what may be [more…]
Labour
No reflection in the mirror
And there you all were thinking this was going to be about vampires, sorry to disappoint but it’s far more down to earth. ‘Er indoors had an aunt who never stopped talking. I always thought [more…]
Conservatives
Labour’s bad boys – Part 15 The Hackney Abacus
We linger a while longer in 2023 where we encounter Diane Julie Abbott who has been the MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington since 1987. After getting a 2:2 in History she went through [more…]
Diary
A View From (Just Adjacent To) The Greenhouse; King O T’North….Issit?
Over the course of my fortnightly ramblings, my loyal reader may, (or more likely) may not have noticed a growing pile of rotting wood inside a rail fence which sits just outside the shed. It [more…]
Conservatives
Labour’s bad boys – Part 14 Geraint Davies
Are we scraping the barrel yet, well not really. We are moving on and are at about 2023, still plenty of grist in the mill to deal with. We turn our attention to Geraint Richard [more…]
Elections
Runners and riders
Runners and riders is a phrase much loved by the other place, you know, the one founded by Fatty Fawkes. In this case there is some justification for its use as we delve into the [more…]