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There can be many a slip between cup and lip. There are scandals that might afflict Andy Burnham.

Picture Shows potential British PM Andy Burnham. Peter North the political commentator who I have a lot of time for even when I might not agree with him on some

An obscene decision by an obscene government.

The last ditch Parliamentary attempt to stop the totally unethical clinical trial of puberty blockers for children has failed. The Labour government voted down the

Hubris is never a good look in British politics.

I looked at the above image of Andy Burnham doing a mass selfie with Labour MP’s today and it didn’t leave a good taste in the mouth. For all his faults, which are

Will Reform keep their word on this? Let’s hope they do.

The video embedded in this article by Reform’s Zia Yusef was obviously made before the Makerfield by-election where Reform came in at second place. However it sets

Meet the new terrible boss same as the old terrible boss.

So, it’s time for Britons to allow themselves a brief moment of rejoicing. Keir Starmer has at last resigned. It’s time for us to laugh at Starmer’s deluded and

June 18th Parliamentary By-Election results.

There were two Parliamentary by-elections yesterday one of which, Makerfield was much more high profile than the other one in Aberdeen South. In Makerfield the winner

The Makerfield by-election is hotting up.

Nearly all the higher profile parties have now named their candidates for the Makerfield by-election. Labour, Reform, Restore, the Greens and the Tories have named

It’s another bun fight by-election.

Josh Simons the now former MP for Makerfield has fallen on his sword and taken up the Chiltern Hundreds, a Crown office that disqualifies someone from being an MP

A stay of execution for Starmer not a reprieve.

The big political fuss in SW1 regarding the leadership of the Labour Party prior to the King’s Speech might have changed in tone but it has not gone away. The quietening

The ego has flounced. Jess Phillips resigns her ministerial position.

Jess Phillips the safeguarding minister who seemed to be reluctant to push for a national statutory inquiry into the scandal of the rape gangs and who also occupied

Might Angela Rayner have at least one good point to commend her to be Labour leader?

Picture Shows: Angela Rayner MP someone who might be leading the Labour Party one day. It’s fair to say that Angela Rayner, an MP who could possibly become Labour

After the fight, after the counts. Some thoughts on the 2026 UK local and regional elections.

On Thursday May 7th Britain had a series of elections, not a General Election of course, that’s not due until 2029, but elections for councillors to run local

The dam of silence has been broken.

Picture shows Tory MP Nick Timothy There is a children’s story, written by American author Mary Mapes Doge in 1865, about a little Dutch boy who saves his village

Things could be worse.

It’s likely that the main challenger to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer as leader of the Labour Party and therefore Prime Minister could well be Angela Rayner. Her

Labour leadership contenders?

There’s been a brilliant article on CapX recently looking ahead at the prospects of the potential Labour leadership contenders. The author, Joseph Dinnage, lists

It could now be a case of ‘when’ Starmer goes rather than ‘if’ he does.

I’ve seen plenty of dead but still operating Zombie governments in the UK. These are governments that are at the end of their term and have become mired in failure,

‘Bodybags’ Burnham to run for Parliament.

Picture shows Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham who is trying to stand for the Gorton and Denton Parliamentary constituency There’s been an awful lot of speculation

Things are Looking Bleak for Labour...

So Labour's been in power for 18 months or so now and it's another painful story of some initial relief and now downright pessimism about where they are headed,

From Elsewhere – Five years on from ‘Despised’.

Five years ago the trade unionist and political commentator Paul Embery published his book ‘Despised’. This book is a fascinating explanation of how the new Left

Quote of the Day 25th October 2025 – A week is a very long time in politics or at least it is for Labour.

A quote that is often attributed to former UK Prime Minister Harold Wilson is that ‘a week is a long time in politics’. This phrase refers to how politics can change