Category Archives: UK

The flood-gate rush

Posted on June 29, 2025 by martin

When British Steel got nationalised in all but name it was clear that the bail-out flood gates had been opened. Low and behold it took one day from the announcement that Lotus was ceasing production to having the prospect of … Continue reading →

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Third places

Posted on May 13, 2025 by martin

Normally in British elections there is a binary attitude to challenger prospects based on whether or not they are in second place, but it is not unknown for third-place parties to leap-frog to victory rather than being squeezed. So the … Continue reading →

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Labour pains

Posted on May 4, 2025 by martin

That time of year for various local and regions elections and first up: Runcorn by-election. This was something I called as a stretch for Reform to win but they managed it. By six votes. So no effort wasted. It was … Continue reading →

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