Cheeky Nandy’s or KeirFC? The final five candidates for the Labour leadership race are now confirmed. Not only that, but the window for registering as a Labour supporter is now open, too! This means that for the paltry fee of … Continue reading LABOUR-IOUS PROCESS : The Leadership Race Candidates
Even the weekends are mad these days. We enter this week with the real chance of it being Johnson’s worst yet since becoming Prime Minister. Either today or tomorrow, the Supreme Court will make its ruling on his prorogation of … Continue reading CONTACTS, CONFERENCE AND CONFLICT : PM In New Scandal, Labour Lose Plot
Ok, slight lie in the title – we’re sacking off this week’s Wrap-Up because it’s eclipsed by what happened yesterday. And to kick things off, yesterday’s story about Boris was pure, unadulterated comedy in the style of The Thick Of … Continue reading Weekly Wrap-Up: Parliament’s Slippery Kippers
Well this wasn’t really supposed to happen. Last week, it looked for all the world that the Tory Leadership Race was all done and dusted, Boris was going to win, and it would be a mere formality in that he … Continue reading Weekly Wrap Up – 05/07 – 11/07
We live in curious times. While the Tory party membership of around 180,000 is currently choosing who will be our next Prime Minister, the opposition is slowly but surely tearing itself into pieces. This has been a tough few weeks … Continue reading Cor-binned
If you haven’t started watching Sky’s Chernobyl yet, I’d strongly encourage you to do so. In a nutshell, it’s a drama based on the explosion at the nuclear power station in northern Ukraine during the days of the Soviet Union, … Continue reading Fallout
Happy Monday one and all, 25 sleeps until Brexit! And if that doesn’t fill you with an overwhelming sense of dread then I admire your optimism. Even if Brexit itself turns out to be fine, the arguments and anger will … Continue reading Wheeler Dealer Theresa Geezer
Well, last night was something of a damp squib, as was to be expected. As I sat watching BBC Parliament and praying that it was all done and dusted before the start of the Chelsea/Tottenham game, I realised that a) … Continue reading Not-Particularly-Meaningful Vote
Since the meaningful vote in January, we’ve had some relative respite from the never-ending tumult of Brexit. While the threat of no-deal still loomed over us like a policeman who’s caught you drinking when you’re 15 (I’m still scarred from … Continue reading There’s a Storm a-Brewin’
It’s been quite a week in British politics. Well, sort of. More pertinently, it may end up being quite a week in British politics, but we don’t really know for sure yet. The formation of The Independent Group (the members … Continue reading Weekly Wrap-Up
