The most important article on James Goldsmith’s Referendum Party you will ever read – by PAUL SAFFER. Continue reading
Category Archives: Politics
Last night on YouTube: Parkinson
FINLAY McLAREN watches Kenneth Williams and Jimmy Reid going at it (ooh matron). Continue reading
The Blair Wave
ALWYN TURNER remembers the immigration boom of 20 years ago. Continue reading
Parties over
What a difference a decade makes. PAUL SAFFER on the extraordinary transformation in politics since 2015. Continue reading
Last night on YouTube: Clangers
FINLAY McLAREN casts a vote for Froglet in the October 1974 general election. Continue reading
Six of one…
ALWYN TURNER indulges himself with a selection of his favourite pieces from the last ten years. Continue reading
Kilroy vs UKIP
ALWYN TURNER remembers the clash of egos between Nigel Farage and Robert Kilroy-Silk. Continue reading
‘A dark cloud’
ALWYN TURNER on the murder of two-year-old James Bulger in 1993. Continue reading
‘Too difficult’
ALWYN TURNER on Ann Cryer’s revelations two decades ago of what became known as grooming gangs. Continue reading
‘Incoherently eloquent’
ALWYN TURNER on the late John Prescott: never mind the politics, feel the vibes. Continue reading
Recrudescence: British Twitter on Donald Trump
A record of how the re-election of Donald Trump as US president was received by British commentators on Twitter. Continue reading
Ghosts of Budgets Past
DAN ATKINSON on the very few Budgets that have actually mattered. Continue reading
