Category: Labour

Labour’s U-turns aren’t the problem. They’re the symptom.

To say it’s been a rocky few weeks for Keir Starmer’s Labour government would be, at best, incredibly generous — and at worst, a gross simplification. In fairness, it’s probably more accurate to say that Labour’s first year in government has been far from what Starmer and his team might have imagined and hoped for just 12 short months ago. Riding the coat-tails of an historic general election win — delivering one of the largest parliamentary majorities in history on the back of the Continue reading [...]

There’s only one choice this year

This year is an election year. We now know this for certain, as Rishi Sunak confirmed as much in an interview the BBC on Thursday 4 January. Exactly when the election will take place is still yet to be seen, despite Sunak’s unconvincing line that his working assumption is that it will be in the second half of the year. With an election on the horizon, we are presented with an opportunity to choose. And for my money, there’s only one clear choice.

This year is an election year. We now know this for certain, as Rishi Sunak confirmed as much in an interview the BBC on Thursday 4 January. Exactly when the election will take place is still yet to be seen, despite Sunak's unconvincing line that his working assumption is that it will be in the second half of the year. With an election on the horizon, we are presented with an opportunity to choose. And for my money, there's only one clear choice. Continue reading [...]

The Labour Party is broken

For a man of whom it’s so often said is full to the brim of integrity and honesty, his handling of Brexit and every major issue that’s plagued the Labour Party under his leadership has shown anything but.

For a man of whom it's so often said is full to the brim of integrity and honesty, his handling of Brexit and every major issue that's plagued the Labour Party under his leadership has shown anything but. Continue reading [...]

Corbynism is yet another example of post-truth politics

Like him or loathe him, there's no denying that Jeremy Corbyn is certainly an interesting politician. The antithesis to almost all UK political leaders of the last decade (perhaps longer), Corbyn has attracted a monumental following across the UK, capturing the hearts of hundreds of thousands of disenfranchised people with a promise of a better country, a fairer society, and a kinder and gentler politics. In his relatively short tenure as leader of the Labour Party, he's proved almost every political Continue reading [...]

Corbyn’s a Principled Man: But He Cares Nothing About the Future of the Labour Party

I'm not normally one to comment on the affairs or issues of political parties other than my own (the Liberal Democrats in case you didn't know), but the fallout from Thursday's referendum and its impact on the Labour Party has got me and indeed the whole nation wondering just what the hell is going on. Whilst it may be fair to comment that media outlets, in particular the BBC is lending far too much airtime to the leadership crisis as opposed to the clear incompetence and ineptitude of leave campaigners, Continue reading [...]