This infographic was requested yesterday. It was already on my to-do list, but the request made it a priority. Feel free to ask; that’s my
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The FT’s very obvious dislike of everything to do with the hard-left government that it clearly thinks Andy Burnham is creating is made clear in
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THE RICHARD J MURPHY YOUTUBE CHANNEL DEBATE AMMUNITION Has the UK’s Political Settlement Run Its Course? Funding the Future | July 2026 Topic The UK
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Why have seven Prime Ministers come and gone in little more than a decade? Is Britain simply producing weaker political leaders, or is something much
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The threats to Andy Burnham and his government are already rolling in and are being given ample coverage by the FT this morning. Start with
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If you want a summary of Andy Burnham’s new government, it is is this. The top four ministerial posts in the UK are those of
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Did I expect former Defence Secretary John Healey to become Chancellor of the Exchequer? No. His recent political background is not in economics,, although he
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I should, I suppose, write a political obituary on departures from government of Rachel Reeves, David Lammy, Peter Kyle, Liz Kendall and Steve Reed, but
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I just posted an infographic and noted that James and Sam, who is doing an internship with us, have been iterating ideas on infographics. I
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