Five Most Popular Posts in May

Where did May go? Don't know, but if the question was how did May go?, where this blog is concerned it went very well. Lots of views, lots of folks checking out the archive. Lovely.

1. Zack Polanski's Green-Left Populism
2. Labour's Money Woes
3. Explaining Rayner Danger
4. More Anti-Immigration Cynicism
5. After the May Day Massacre

Coming out on top is Zack Polanski's leftwing pitch for the Green Party's leadership. Could his leftist pitch be enough to encourage more to join the Greens, and then ensure it becomes a radical left alternative to Labour? The potential is there, backed by examples from the continent where several Green parties have become something other than an establishment party, But Polanski winning is far from a foregone conclusion. In second is news that Labour are broke and has returned to the cycle of financial crises that visited the party when it was last in office. But, the piece argues, this is entirely contrived. For the Labour leadership this suits them and the people they represent politically. In third, Angela Rayner was in the news for her "left wing" views. Of course, they're nothing of the sort but it serves as a reminder about why the Tories and the right wing press fear her. Less than what she believes but what she represents - the "unreliable" working class pole of Labourism. In at four was another doomed attempt by Keir Starmer to out-Reform Reform on immigration. And lastly we have Nigel Farage's triumph in the local elections.

What posts get the second chance this time? Sticking with politics I'm re-upping Farage's attempt to hook in the low paid. Partly because every single response from establishment outlets have been utterly clueless and useless. And tipping over into science fiction, there's this on Bridge by Lauren Beukes.

No definite posting plans for stuff in June. We'll see what events, dear boy crop up. As ever, if you haven't already don't forget to follow the (very) occasional newsletter, and if you like what I do (and you're not skint), you can help support the blog. Following me on Bluesky, Facebook, and for what it's worth, Twitter, are cost-free ways of showing your backing for this corner of the internet.

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