The bloodletting of Boris Johnson was a question of quitting before or after midday July 7, 2022 Whoever created the term the “Great Resignation” had likely not planned to be a soothsayer for Boris Johnson’s government but, if there are still any staff left in No10 this morning, they should offer their services as a superforecaster. Yesterday, five cabinet ministers resigned in one go, on one piece of paper, and that was [...]
Top West Midlands police boss questions mayor’s role with Metropolitan Police June 29, 2022 One of West Midlands’ top police bosses has questioned whether the mayor of London should retain control over the Metropolitan Police, after the force was put into special measures. It comes as Sadiq Khan and the government reignited a long-running row today, with both sides pointing the finger at each other for Scotland Yard’s failures, [...]
Does pollution pay? It might do unless we develop legal remedies for greenwashing June 24, 2022 Greenwashing has become prevalent as sustainability shot to popularity. But there's few ways to deal with it.
Explainer-in-brief: Inside the Labour split over strikes June 22, 2022 Labour is the party of workers. Labour is the party of unions. It is all in the name. Labour is the party of strikes. Except they’re not. But maybe they are. You would be forgiven for getting lost in some of the mismanaged logic happening at Labour HQ this week as they try and reckon [...]
The intervention of the Strasbourg courts is a short-term win with an enduring threat June 16, 2022 THE OUTRAGE over the plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda was palpable as the first flight was expected to take off on Tuesday. It was met, almost decibel for decibel, with anger yesterday morning after the decision of the European Court of Human Rights to block the plane from taking off. Many of the [...]
Explainer-in-brief: Priti Patel bets big on Rwanda June 14, 2022 Today was set to be the first flight from the UK to Rwanda as Priti Patel marked the start of the Home Office policy to send refugees to the African nation. It has been mired by controversy and legal challenges. The number of migrants ending up on today’s flight is set to be low – [...]
To turf Boris Johnson out, Keir Starmer needs to rebrand his Labour Party June 7, 2022 It must have hurt, not just being booed by those liberal lefty lawyers who turned up to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, but being compared to Jeremy Corbyn – the very same man that Boris Johnson squashed into political oblivion in 2019. This is not the historical alignment with Winston Churchill he has worked all [...]
Explainer-in-brief: A refresher in getting rid of a Prime Minister June 1, 2022 Are there enough letters? Are there not? Another MP, John Stevenson, publicly announced he had written one. For those who have forgotten, or wilfully blocked out the Theresa May-era of votes of no confidence, even if the magic number of 54 letters do find their way to Sir Graham Brady, Boris Johnson won’t necessarily be [...]
Letters: Get your own bank branch in order June 1, 2022 [Re: Nationwide boss takes aim at rivals over bank branch closures, May 29] I read with amusement the reported comments by Joe Garner concerning the accelerating number of bank branch closures in recent months. I have just received a notification from Nationwide to the effect that my nearest branch of the Society, which is about two [...]
