Monthly Archives: July 2026

Asking to lose

The replacement of Kier Starmer as British prime minister with Andy Burnham is a non-event as the shackles of the PLP (Parliamentary Labour Party) will ensure the same inability to take any properly tough decisions. However with Burnham having done … Continue reading

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Labour’s austerity

Early last year I called out what at the time I thought would turn out to be the beginning of the end of the current Labour government, in large part because I thought that cutting departmental spending to bolster the … Continue reading

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