Labour

Press office sending weird countdown timer to hacks and Twitter account changed to same logo, while press office not answering calls. Hacked, or just desperately trying to get some press engagement? The Labour party may have allowed yet another hacking attack, after its press account starting sending a strange black and white countdown timer to […]

I watched Keir Starmer give his 'vision speech' this morning. My initial reactions were tweeted as follows: The sound quality throughout this broadcast was dire:
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Sometimes my Twitter timeline is me thinking out loud. These posts were me thinking about how Labour's 'big idea' on localism might impact the way
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Of all the 304 general elections that were held in the UK during the 1970s, these three election posters for the Conservative party are among the few campaign materials that are still extant. This is largely due to the fact that campaign slogans were more often compulsorily tattooed onto ailing citizens who collected welfare benefits.*

All promotional literature was designed and printed by the Scarfolk Advertising Agency, who, it was later revealed to the surprise of all clients concerned, had been working not only for the Conservative, but also the Labour and Liberal Parties.

Furthermore, the agency cleverly maximised its profits by selling exactly the same poster designs to all clients. Only the party name was changed. This made it difficult for voters to decide who to vote for, but it also confused politicians who became unsure which party they belonged to.

I had not seen this informative video before – nine and a half minutes of background on how we got here. It is remarkable how the Tories have successfully remodelled the NHS on principles quite different from those at its its foundation – and just as remarkably how Labour has failed both to see the... Read more

Well, this article by Rachel Reeves in the Telegraph gives me some albeit, fairly folorn, hope. It is a peon of praise for her old school. Because my mum and dad were primary school teachers I respected other teachers and wanted them to like me and have a good impression of me. I do care... Read more

These are all good things that John McDonnell suggests and much to be admired – but he really does look washed out, poor man… Even more importantly, even after all those years as shadow chancellor he still has no idea that money is actually always the state’s… He talks of a control on energy costs... Read more

What Labour needs most is proportional representation. At least then it would be able to express its differences

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