Five Most Popular Posts in September

The posts have been flowing this month following the extended summer break. And, as it happens, so have the audience numbers! Here are the top five.

1. The Crisis in Your Party
2. Over for Ovenden
3. Chamberlain Labour
4. Unravelling McSweeney
5. Reluctant Corbynism Revisited

I did lament last month that this place's stats were somewhat unreliable, and this month's were no different. But there has been a discernible boost to individual post counts that does not suggest an invasion by LLMs. Maybe, just maybe, the blog is refracting a renewed interest in politics. That this coincides with what we might crudely call Corbynism's second coming pretty much mirrors what happened 10 years ago when the audience then took off.

Anyway, on with the posts. The splits in Your Party got top billing, and now membership is open it's just daft that this ever came to a head. What's going on with Labour these days occupied the next three posts. The fact Diane Abbot has rent-free accommodation in the Labour right's collective heads claimed the career of Starmerite acolyte Paul Ovenden earlier in the month. How will the labour movement prosper without his services? Then came my analysis of the cowardly approach the Prime Minister has taken vis a vis racism and "real concerns", and who benefits from their Reform-lite rubbish. A few quick notes on the under-siege Morgan McSweeney strode into fourth, and in a close fight for top five entry was my - unenthusiastic - justification for sticking with the Your Party project.

Who wants a second chance? Let's have my piece on Zack Polanski's Green leadership win, and last night's overview of Keir Starmer's declaration of war against Reform.

What might feature next month? I can't read the entrails of October to come, but if I write anything on Your Party I'm sure it will be here. As well as anything on Labour's politics. Maybe I'll get around to writing something about other parties too, or get back on my science fiction kick. 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 bung a few quid and 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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