Tag Archive: Starmer

Politics: a crisis of leadership

April 19, 2024 3:22 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

The BBC usually puts up facsimiles of the major newspaper front pages by just after one in the morning –... View Article

Politics: things to come

March 31, 2024 3:18 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

What appears to be driving much of the Labour support – at least, the element of it which is not... View Article

Politics: devils and details

February 9, 2024 3:11 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

I have long hated PMQs – and I do mean “hate” with every fibre of my being. What little practical... View Article

Politics: a long way to November

January 7, 2024 3:34 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

The Sunday Times reckons that Sunak has “pencilled in” the general election for 15 November. This is pure speculation of... View Article

Politics: demolishing the fantasies

January 6, 2024 2:57 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

Only yesterday I was reviewing Kier Starmer’s New Year speech, the one that effectively kicked off the general election campaign... View Article

Politics: the power of the vote

January 5, 2024 2:59 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

What really keeps Kier Starmer up at night, he confides in his New Year speech in Bristol yesterday is “the... View Article

Israel: declining interest?

October 30, 2023 2:29 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

Throughout yesterday, Gaza barely registered on the BBC website’s list of “most read” articles, and the “most watched” list of... View Article

Politics: fantasy elections

July 16, 2023 3:30 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

It is hard to credit the degree of technical illiteracy of some journalists when you come across this gem: “Dark... View Article

Politics: them results

May 6, 2023 2:54 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

The last time the same set of local government seats came up for grabs was on 2 May 2019 when... View Article

Politics: a rejection of apathy

April 9, 2023 3:01 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

After the new year, Easter is a major milestone in the traditional British calendar which apart from the religious overtones,... View Article

Immigration: rewriting history

March 9, 2023 2:58 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

For today’s blogpost, I thought I might write about the extraordinary developments on the investigation of the Nord Stream pipeline... View Article

Climate change: the death of politics

November 6, 2022 2:38 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

It is ironic that Starmer is trying to create some clear green water between his party and the Tories, claiming... View Article

Politics: madder than a mad hatter’s tea party

September 26, 2022 2:07 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

Labour is on course for a comfortable majority at the next election, according to the latest poll carried out by... View Article

Energy: the big mistake

September 8, 2022 1:58 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

So, The Replacement doesn’t like windfall taxes, even if Keir Starmer is rather keen that she should claw back the... View Article

Politics: nothing changes

May 7, 2022 2:27 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

There is no shortage of commentary on the election results, and we’re going to see a lot more by the... View Article

Politics: a question of respect

February 8, 2022 1:31 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

A lead item in the news, on the BBC and on the front pages of most national newspapers, is the... View Article

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