by Chris Harris The day after Nadhim Zahawi left the Conservative Party for Reform UK, I was sitting with my mother. Like me, she’s into her politics. I said to her, quite simply, that Robert Jenrick would not be far behind. I didn’t say it because I have some special instinct. I said it because … Continue reading Why Are So Many Political Journalists So Shit?
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Burnham Rising: Why Labour’s Real Leadership Contest Has Already Begun
The Labour Vacuum and Burnham’s Timely Re-Emergence I was interested to read an article in The Guardian today 23/11/25 (link below) reporting the results of a poll of Labour members on who they would prefer to replace Keir Starmer, something that is beginning to look more like an inevitability than a mere possibility. Ever since … Continue reading Burnham Rising: Why Labour’s Real Leadership Contest Has Already Begun
Why Reeves Has Adopted Trumpism to Take on the NIMBYs and Rebuild Britain
Last year, a resident submitted a planning application to convert a very large garage with a pitched roof—which, in fairness, already looked like a small house—into an Airbnb. The local residents all opposed it, and it was quite rightly turned down. A quintessential English hamlet should not have its integrity spoiled by commercialism. However, without … Continue reading Why Reeves Has Adopted Trumpism to Take on the NIMBYs and Rebuild Britain
The Rights of Fans. 