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If Wes Streeting is the answer, is the question 'can Labour do even worse?' I ask, because the previous round of hostile briefing/l...

We're not far off from the top ten tunes of the year, the list absolutely no one hankers for among this blog's regular readers. Ther...

Commenting on the first book in a trilogy is a perilous affair. Not all of the author's ideas or characters are fully developed. The imp...

Not only are the right wing press in this country poisonous, they're petty-minded. Their latest victim is Rachel Reeves. The story, in c...

On Saturday evening I was in a foul mood. Throughout the day, on social media and YouTube, from text messages to WhatsApp updates, the news ...

Finally got my posting skates on last month, so here's what attracted most attention. 1. The Your Party Debacle 2. The Man Who Would ...

No time for writing tonight, so here's the speech Zarah Sultana gave to the second day of Your Party's founding conference. Some ref...

This month saw 41,477 votes cast in 25 local authority contests. All percentages are rounded to the nearest single decimal place. 18(!) coun...

A call for papers! The Midlands Conference in Critical Thought will be held on 21st and 22nd May 2026 at the University of Warwick. The ca...

After a bad time of it, what with rumours of plots and a seemingly rudderless approach to state finances, bar the preservation of the wealt...