I’m seeing a lot of speculation about what happens now, following the General Election results. Well, I don’t really know. But here are three things I keep seeing discussed and suggested online that I’m pretty sure won’t happen: Labour won’t form an alternative Government There is no path to a Labour minority Government or coalition […]
Category: UK politics
Time For Another Labour Coup
Nine months ago today I confidently predicted that Jeremy Corbyn would resign. I made this prediction because it seemed like the only realistic option. I noted that he would be leading without the confidence of his Parliamentary colleagues, that he wouldn’t be able to fully staff a front-bench, and that his leadership would become bogged […]
Top 20 crazy and funny-named parties in the 2015 General Election
Conservatives. Labour. Liberal Democrats. Scotish National Party. UKIP. Boring. Luckily, there are loads of parties standing candidates in the UK’s 2015 General Election. Here’s the 20 most interesting, funny and crazy-sounding parties, taken from this rather longer list of all ‘micro parties’. Read on: 1. (An) Independence From Europe This breakaway party from UKIP founded by […]
Two-Tier Exams
One of the commonest criticisms of Michael Gove’s proposals to reform England and Wales’ examinations is that it would recreate a two-tier system: more prestigious O-levels and less-good CSEs, instead of the universal GCSE that exists today. The problem with this argument is that many commentators don’t seem to realise that GCSEs are themselves a […]
(Bad) ideas to stop the looters
People have lots of ideas about tactics that should be used to quell the mobs. Some of the most common ideas, though,aren’t very good. This is because we keep talking about the “riots”, but what’s happened the last few days aren’t really riots. They have no political cause, no demands, no agenda. They have no […]