Category: Politics
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Incredibly detailed election analysis
No, please, don’t do any more election analysis! There were one or two points worth noting – this one, for example… That Starmer could call Corbyn a failure in 2019 when he got over twelve million votes, and then claim a phenomenal success on nine million in 2024 demonstrates at a stroke that most of…
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Hastings: election prospects and what comes next…
Well they arrived en masse today. Couldn’t see the doormat. So, time for a round-up. We know most of us can’t get what we actually want this election, Labour will probably win on a third of the vote — of those who bother to vote — but here’s my take on the choices in Hastings,…
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I agree with Nick
I said I wasn’t going to tell anyone how to vote this time around and I’m really not – but I’ve just been to the HIP HOT Hastings Hustings, and it was a really good one. Thank you, HIP thank you, HOT. You can watch the whole thing here, or read my summary below… There…
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Please read on…
…and it’ll be a Labour government that does it. The Tories are dead in the water. Don’t WORRY about THEM. You don’t HAVE to vote Labour to get the Tories out. Look for electable independents and support them, so we don’t end up with an NHS-selling Labour government AND A RIGHT WING OPPOSITION. Please click…
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Just Stop Obfusticating
Last time I saw Stonehenge I was in the modern world. Quite glad of the almost permanent slowing of through-traffic, which infuriates the ‘get there yesterday’ people, and gives everyone else the chance to take a look at the stones in passing. We discussed it a bit, sitting on a picnic bench on the concrete…
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Chairs are the best social media
(Thanks to Lynne, Sue and Felix for the photos) How do you carry a big bag of tricks (board markers and suchlike) and two plastic lawn chairs a mile through a crowded High Street to the seafront? Two belts, that’s how. Threaded through the backs of the chairs so you can swing them onto your…
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***Emergency call out***
Our NHS is on its knees. Parts of it are now so embroiled in profiteers’ contracts, or tied up in debts as a result of past “public private partnerships” that politicians are able to get away with saying reinstatement is impossible. Difficult it may be, but reinstatement is vital. People are already dying, and suffering…
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I’m stonkingly angry — with nice people
It’s hard to explain how angry I am today and, even if I manage that, it’s harder still to explain why the people who’ve made me angriest aren’t those who keep accusing me of all manner of insulting things, it’s the nice people – yes, quite possibly you, dear reader. It’s like this… In my…
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I don’t care who wins the election in my town
Nevertheless, this is a song of hope… What shall I call the introduction to this essay – “me and politics – a potted history”? I know many other people have been on similar journeys to mine, so I can do it in a couple of paragraphs, and I ask you to forgive it, because it’s…
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July 4th: Independents’ Day?
Will it be Independents’ Day? Or Green day? Or Galloway day? Or hold-your-nose-and-vote-Labour day? It has to be Get the Tories Out Day. Some people are determined to vote Labour, and are saying we all need to get behind Starmer to get the Tories out. You won’t change those people, and that’s most likely what…
Kay Green 