#Tory

1/ The Labour Party is the most adept vehicle at sucking the political lifeblood out of young radicals. Some leave, dispirited. Others spend a lifetime in a never ending faction
Read more
545 deaths (35,341 total). Now may be including deaths in other settings (clarification sought if Inc Pillar 2+ves given hospital deaths today accounts for 199/545 deaths14.2% CFRThe notes refer to
Read more
Others have commented on much of this piece, but I think the reference to the differences between May and Johnson on Northern Ireland - presented as an unalloyed gain -
Read more
Welp. Been confirmed my muscle spasm injections have been cancelled for the foreseeable.Not unexpected at a time like this, and not the pain management teams fault.But yknow.Fuck.#spoonie pandemic life ig
Read more
Why unwritten constitutional conventions, enforced through partisan gridlock, limit the options for SCOTUS reform that will be laid out by Biden’s SCOTUS commission. @danepps and @espinsegall have fascinating ideas, but
Read more
counterpoint: at some point the sheer level of hubris from the tories does start to have consequences. the public does notice and it can see through who treats them with
Read more
Packed hall waiting for Jeremy Corbyn’s speech here in Liverpool. Biggest Labour conference ever apparently with 13k attending. It’s a bit like being at a rock concert. Ooh Jeremy Coooorbyyynnnn.
Read more
My column today is on the dire state of the public finances, and why Rishi really does need to take Boris’s credit card away. Please do read the full thing,
Read more
Okay so the first bomb drop in this report is that of course labour has a very real antisemitism problem. But that some of the staff responsible for handling antisemitism
Read more
If you suddenly say “I’ll buy the Daily Mail now” because a journalist asks tough questions at a briefing, you’re a putz. The Daily Mail is good at understanding the
Read more
Interesting psychology in No 10’s reckless defence of Mr Jizz, where most of the cabinet are having their remaining credibility sandblasted to dust by being forced publicly to declare their
Read more
A lot of us journos who knew Boris from his city hall days have said this since the beginning.Boris likes the IDEA of leadership more than leading. Same as he
Read more
UK virus-tracing app switches to Apple-Google model.How many millions, how many months & how may lives will have been lost by the government's obdurate reliance on British exceptionalism & crony
Read more
1/9 Just how did Lancashire end up accepting T3 lockdown?Just how after they looked at the furlough replacement scheme and saw it would ruin many lives, cause hunger and evictions.After
Read more
This could be long winded but please read.
Read more
Major donations reports are out for the second pre-poll period! You can find them here: https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/media-centre/donations-and-loans-received-political-parties-and-non-party-campaigners-uk-second-weekly-pre-pollStory remain
Read more