Conservatives
A mole in their midst
You could knock me down with a feather, you really could. On 21 September 2025 Boris Johnson had an article published in the Daily Wail. This article describes our youth as lazy and woke and [more…]
Politics
20th Century
The Socialist Ratchet
Following Labour’s landslide victory in 1945, the government set about nationalising industry with all the fervour of true believers in the socialist cause. Coal, railways and road transport, steel, healthcare and energy utilities were all [more…]
Elections
Waking Ned?
The commentariat believe that the political tectonic plates are moving. Certainly, Sir Keir Starmer seems beleaguered, unhappy and so far away from control that historians will marvel that the largest parliamentary majority in Labour history [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Ninety-Seven
Monday Good morning, friends, and it was a delightfully sunny one for my excursion this morning. Felix Chicken for breakfast, and a new cabinet. It’s going to be an interesting week. I haven’t stopped chuckling [more…]
19th Century
Peter Mandelson – Something In The Genes?
Speaking at the launch of his memoir The Third Man, Life at The Heart of New Labour, which he only finished writing two weeks earlier, Peter Mandelson said, ‘It was a high wire act. Now [more…]
21st Century
A View (Some Miles Away) From The Greenhouse; We’re All “Far-Right” Now.
Recently I had occasion to visit the observatory at Langdale, a torturous ninety minute drive from home, along some of the very worst roads in Cumbria. It was almost all for naught, although the clouds [more…]
Elections
Rules for the election
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…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Ninety-Six
Monday Good morning friends. The sun was peeping through the window when I woke up this morning, so I trotted down to the back door. By the time the man had opened it, the sun [more…]
Democracy
Labour Deputy Leadership Runners, Riders, Fallers & Refusals
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…]