22 June 2017 Election Diary of a Corbynista Extracts by Don Urquhart 18 April Theresa May has announced a General Election on June 8th. I would be delighted to see a united Labour Party in Parliament. What’s the point of people like Alan Johnson? 19 April Alan Johnson obviously agrees; he is standing down. 25… Continue reading Issue 110: 2017 06 22: Diary of a Corbinista (Don Urquhart)
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Issue 107: 2017 06 01: Adding it all up – UK voting intentions (JR Thomas)
01 June 2017 Adding It All Up What the opinion polls are telling us. by J.R.Thomas When it comes to numbers, you may think the Tories have the Labour Party beat. Ms Abbott cannot do even the most basic sums, it is clear; and Mr Corbyn, it turns out, cannot remember his. Not many of… Continue reading Issue 107: 2017 06 01: Adding it all up – UK voting intentions (JR Thomas)
Issue 97: 2017 03 23: Week In Brief UK
23 March 2017 Week In Brief: UK NEWS Westminster TERRORIST ATTACK: Four people, including a police officer, are dead and about another 20 injured after a car drove into people on Westminster Bridge and an officer was attacked with a knife. The police are treating it as an act of terrorism. Proceedings in the Scottish… Continue reading Issue 97: 2017 03 23: Week In Brief UK
Issue 87: 2017 01 12: Week in Brief: UK
12 January 2017 Week in Brief: UK DIPLOMATIC: The Ambassador to Brussels, Sir Ivan Rogers, has resigned in protest at what he has described as “muddled thinking” in Whitehall over the negotiating stance to be adopted by the UK in its discussions with the EU over the terms of disengagement. Retired civil servants have expressed… Continue reading Issue 87: 2017 01 12: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 72: 2016 09 22: Week in Brief: UK
22 September 2016 Week in Brief: UK International Politics FORWARD POLICY: In her first speech to the United Nations, Mrs May confirmed that the UK would continue to spend 2% of GDP on defence. She is also to send troops to Somalia and provide aid to create jobs in Ethiopia. This is a continuation of Mr… Continue reading Issue 72: 2016 09 22: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 61: 2016 07 07: Week in Brief: UK
07 July 2016 Week in Brief: UK Party Leadership Carousel CONSERVATIVES: In a busy week, Boris Johnson withdrew from the contest to become the next leader of the Conservative party (and thus prime minister), following the withdrawal of Michael Gove’s support for his candidature. Mr Gove then entered the contest himself, despite having said previously… Continue reading Issue 61: 2016 07 07: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 60: 2016 06 30: Week in Brief: UK
30 June 2016 Week in Brief : UK EU Referendum RESULTS: The votes recorded on Thursday’s referendum were as follows: Turnout Leave … Continue reading Issue 60: 2016 06 30: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 58: 2016 06 16: Just Give Us The Facts (J.R.Thomas)
16 June 2016 Just Give Us The Facts Muddled politics after a Leave vote by J.R.Thomas Political events develop their own mythology. So, it seems, do referenda. That, for the referendum on Scottish independence, was that the Remain (in the UK) voters were compelled to that position by fear. Fear of what would happen if… Continue reading Issue 58: 2016 06 16: Just Give Us The Facts (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 45: 2016 03 17: Week in Brief: UK
17 March 2016 Week in Brief: UK HEALTHCARE: In a speech at Lancaster house, the Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, announced measures designed to enable the NHS to learn from its mistakes. Modelled on the system for enquiring into airline accidents, there will be a review of all hospital deaths and a new investigation branch which… Continue reading Issue 45: 2016 03 17: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 25: 2015 10 22 A rumbling of tumbrils
22 October 2015 A Rumbling of Tumbrils What Blairite Labour MPs need to do to avoid the slaughter. by John Watson Perhaps it was Batman. Perhaps it was Superman. After so many years it is hard to remember which. Still, the story in the comic was a vivid one. The inhabitants of a futuristic city… Continue reading Issue 25: 2015 10 22 A rumbling of tumbrils
Issue 24: 2015 10 15: Week in Brief: UK
15 October 2015 Week in Brief: UK LEON BRITTAN: The Metropolitan police have apologised to Lady Brittan, the widow of Lord Brittan of Spennithorne, for their failure to inform the Brittans that rape allegations against Lord Brittan had been abandoned before Lord Brittan’s death from cancer. An investigation by the BBC’s “Panorama” programme has cast… Continue reading Issue 24: 2015 10 15: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 20: 2015 09 17: News in Brief: UK
17 September 2015 Week In Brief: UK NEWS LABOUR LEADER: On Saturday it was announced that left winger Jeremy Corbyn had been elected leader of the Labour Party with nearly 60% of the vote. Tom Watson, who comes from the centre of the party, has been elected deputy leader. Mr Corbyn’s team includes John McDonnell as… Continue reading Issue 20: 2015 09 17: News in Brief: UK
