Sixty years of lurching… Continue reading
Category Archives: Politics
Privatising the NHS
Year-by-year fears of NHS privatisation in the Thatcher-Major era. Continue reading
Diane Abbott: a tribute in tweets
How the great and good of Twitter responded to Diane Abbott having the Labour whip withdrawn. Continue reading
Calling all (historical) cliches: Winters of Discontent
When was the Winter of Discontent? Oh, pretty much every winter in the 1970s. Continue reading
Diaries of Somebodies
What are the best political diaries of the last 50 years? ALWYN TURNER knows. Continue reading
‘Disreputable men’
ALWYN TURNER on reports of Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list. Continue reading
McDonnell: a tribute in tweets
All mouth and no trousers, or a neo-con shill? Twitter has its say on John McDonnell. Continue reading
‘Read this and get angry’
ALWYN TURNER chronicles the press coverage of immigration 20 years ago, in January 2003. Continue reading
2022 Politician of the Year (dead)
He worried that he looked like a ghost, but the former 14th Earl could be a model for his slick successor Rishi Sunak. Continue reading
2022 Politician of the Year (living)
He was once voted Britain’s most fanciable MP, and in times of emergency, the cry goes up: Send for Hunt! Continue reading
Calling all cliches: The most right-wing government
Which of the previous five PMs has led the most right-wing government since the war? Continue reading
‘Alarmist reporting’
Has the rhetoric worsened over immigration? A reminder of where we were 25 years ago. Continue reading
