Letter from the North
How much further down the gurgler can the UK go? Democracy is under threat.
UK Politics
The Left Wing Bias in Education
I am pleased to say that I was unable to withhold my disbelief and anger during the call. It was absolutely pathetic and highlights an education policy based on extreme left-wing ideology.
Why Are Taxpayers Funding This Cycling Charity?
I suppose it would be far right to ask why people can’t just cycle with whomever they want and without a whole charity being set up?
Taxing Everything That Is Nailed Down
Naturally they always want to tax the rich… But eventually ‘the rich’ skip town, so the government starts taxing every that can’t relocate. Pubs. Property. Small businesses. The middle class.
Mahmood Declares ‘Crowborough Is Just the Start’
Those words will come back to haunt her.
This Government Is Betraying Us
When a government not only obfuscates but blatantly lies in this way it begs so many questions.
The UK Is in Freefall
England’s predicament has been managed and self-inflicted. Britain chose a path that prioritized symbolic commitments and distributional narratives over growth, affordability, and territorial cohesion.
Reform To Take on Khan
Laila Cunningham pledges to wage “all-out war” on crime, scrap the hated Ulez scheme and automate Tube trains to end the strikes.
Setting up a Carnival of Politics
With just over a month to go, I feel like film director Mike Leigh trying to justify his improvisational technique. There’s a basic idea, a few actors, a location and the outline of a script. That’s it.
Installations of EV Chargers Are Slowing
Meanwhile, the government remains committed to ending the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2030, and with hybrids to follow in 2035.
We Should Scrutinise the Bill
There are constitutional vandals in this parliament. But those of us wanting to scrutinise the Assisted Dying Bill in the Upper House are not among them.
The Ministry of Don’t Ask, Won’t Tell
The state can either measure the relationship properly, or it can keep pretending that refusing to measure it is ‘responsible’. One of those choices builds trust. The other builds resentment. And resentment, unlike spreadsheets, does not stay missing for long.
Letter from the North
How much further down the gurgler can the UK go? Democracy is under threat.