Politics needs more nomads: discuss
Are local candidates best placed to serve as constituency MPs? It’s a question worth pondering.
Read moreMike Stafford is a writer, book critic and Labour activist from Worcester. A campaigner in a key marginal, he dedicates his free time to the persuasion of swing voters.
Are local candidates best placed to serve as constituency MPs? It’s a question worth pondering.
Read moreMike Stafford writes about Musk buying Twitter and how free speech is still at a risk.
Read moreFormer diplomat Sir Simon Fraser sets out the qualities of leadership. Unfortunately, Liz Truss has none of them.
Read moreThe Conservative Party is in the grip of an unfettered identity crisis
Read moreAfter six weeks of self-indulgent navel-gazing, the Conservative and Unionist Party has finally belched forth another unelected prime minister. The...
Read moreStuffing the House of Lords with placemen reveals not just Boris Johnson’s cynicism but the corrupt nature of the UK...
Read moreThe Tories need to kick their blame habit; it’s making the rest of us sick.
Read moreRishi Sunak is a very wealthy man. As a candidate for Prime Minister, this means he’s detached from the consequences...
Read moreMike Stafford explores why Boris Johnson isn’t the bees knees as some people think he is, and how he messed...
Read moreMike Stafford examines the Daily Mail’s claim that builders are now woke and what it means for the working class.
Read moreMike Stafford dismisses Boris Johnson’s attempt to blur the lines between genuine patriotism and support for his failing administration.
Read moreBoris Johnson and his cabinet use lies to disguise their primary purpose. Which is not to govern but to maintain...
Read moreBoris Johnson is a man without shame, leading a party without scruples. He won’t remove himself and neither will his...
Read moreMike Stafford looks at the conservative's plan to send Asylum seekers to Rwanda and finds it has some unsavoury supporters
Read moreAngela Rayner worked for everything she has whereas Boris Johnson had everything handed to him on a silver platter –...
Read moreMike Stafford compares the Rwanda policy to one used by the Third Reich for deporting people to Madagascar.
Read moreMike Stafford looks at the changing meaning of freedom for the conservative party.
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