Martin Wolf had an article in the FT, published yesterday that began by saying: He then lamented three things. The first is that we have
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We could be in for some very dangerous politics this autumn as Tories play very silly games knowing that they are heading for electoral oblivion
The Guardian reports this morning that: Rishi Sunak is being urged by senior Conservatives to go for a spring election next year, with the plan said to
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Leadership is not about following the pack but that seems to be what the right wing wants when it comes to climate change.
I wrote a tweet yesterday that caused quite a lot of reactions. This was it: One reaction was this: Gary Lineker then got this reaction:
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Unless they change their attitude to climate change the UK’s leading politicians are now the biggest threat to our young people’s wellbeing
It is my usual habit, as is apparent from this blog, to write posts quite early in the morning. However, given the state of the
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The descent of sons
Lunchtime conversation in the Murphy household, led largely by my sons, both of whom happen to be around for the first time in ages, focused
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45%? That will do nicely thank you
I just noticed LBC put out this clip of me talking about King Charles’ pay rise. The interview was yesterday afternoon and it is apparent
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In 1997, Labour said things could only get better. At present it is true to say that Labour can only get better.
In light of this week’s by-election results, there are a number of observations that can be made. The first is that, as everyone who has
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Lessons for Labour from its failure in Uxbridge
The Labour Party’s national executive and high-level officials are meeting this weekend to discuss their strategy. I suspect they will have an interesting time. The
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Coffee powered
Most days someone makes a donation on this blog by hitting the ‘buy me a coffee’ button. I am genuinely grateful: this blog costs money
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