Tag Archives: Jeremy Corbyn

The Brexit Election – Winners & Losers

Posted on December 14, 2019 by

The numbers are in Conservative: wins 365 seats (+ 47) Labour: 203 (-59) SNP: 48 (+13) Lib Dems: 11 (-1) DUP: 8 (-2) Sinn Féin: 7 (no change) SDLP: 2 (+2) Alliance Party: 1 (+1) Green Party 1 (no change) … Continue reading →

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UK General Election: A Case for Corbyn, Please, No More Boris

Posted on December 10, 2019 by

Case Closed on Boris and the Conservative Party The Conservative Party has had ten years of power and it is time for the UK electorate to trust something else. The Conservative governments of this decade have been insensitive, hateful, reckless, … Continue reading →

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UK General Election – End of Musical Chairs, Watson and Austin?

Posted on November 13, 2019 by

One of the reasons why I am pleased that there is a general election next month, is it should bring an end to the musical chairs by self-serving MPs switching political parties in a huff. This ridiculous party switching was … Continue reading →

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Boris the PM – Bust by Halloween?

Posted on August 6, 2019 by

When Boris Johnson first became Mayor of London in 2008, I was dismayed. Imagine my disbelief now that he is the UK’s new prime minister. Undeserving. Boris has been around UK media circles for decades. His clowning personality made him … Continue reading →

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So Wrong of Corbyn not to “welcome” Trump?

Posted on June 11, 2019 by

Dear Jeremy First, congratulations to Labour for winning the Peterborough by-election and staving off a surge from Nigel Farage’s BREXIT Party. But what a missed opportunity earlier last week? Much as I understand your strong antipathy towards Donald Trump, you … Continue reading →

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May’s Russian Bluff over Salisbury

Posted on April 10, 2018 by

The political fallout from the alleged nerve agent Salisbury attack against former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia should never have happened. The diplomatic mess caused by Prime Minister Theresa May is embarrassing. Not that the wider British … Continue reading →

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UK General Elections: Winners and Losers

Posted on June 10, 2017 by

The UK electorate produced another fascinating election result to match those elections of 2015 and 2010. I did expect a hung parliament but never imagined the Labour Party to win in places like Kensington and Canterbury. (Thomas Beckett must be … Continue reading →

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Corbyn’s Escape to Victory?

Posted on April 27, 2017 by

Sometimes even when you have consistently underperformed at your job, an opportunity to finally shine presents itself that is too-good-to-be-true. British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has that chance thanks to Prime Minister Theresa May calling a general election for … Continue reading →

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Is Corbyn’s Time Up?

Posted on March 7, 2017 by

British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn continues to have a rough time. Labour’s lost at the recent by-election in Copeland to the Tories was the bluntest of rebukes for Corbyn. Corbyn is fire fighting on so many fronts whether from his … Continue reading →

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Are Labour Party Women Just for Window Dressing?

Posted on July 24, 2016 by

Labour MP Caroline Flint’s exact quote back in 2009,  before resigning from Gordon Brown’s government was.. “Several of the women attending cabinet – myself included – have been treated by you as little more than female window dressing,” she wrote. … Continue reading →

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