ALWYN TURNER salutes the indefatigable George Galloway. Continue reading
Category Archives: Politics
Nice ‘n’ sleazy
ALWYN TURNER remembers Alan Clarke, David Ashby, Stephen Milligan and other subjects of Tory scandals in the 1990s. Continue reading
Evans above
PAUL SAFFER remembers David Evans: Tory MP, Luton Town chairman and self-declared ‘right-wing disciplinarian’. Continue reading
Brown envelopes
ALWYN TURNER on Mohamed al-Fayed, cash-for-questions and ‘sleazy and disreputable’ Tories. Continue reading
Is Brexit working yet?
ALWYN TURNER looks back to May 1976, when Britain was a proud member of the European Communities. Continue reading
Calling all cliches: Lurching to the Right
Sixty years of lurching… Continue reading
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How the great and good of Twitter responded to Diane Abbott having the Labour whip withdrawn.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
