Trussonomics is dead. How soon will Truss follow? Can Hunt come to the rescue?
Author Archives: Peter Burke
March to Rejoin – final reminder!
Book your place now for the National Rejoin March
Maitlis is Merciless
Like her or loathe her, Emily Maitlis and her MacTaggart lecture are impossible to ignore
Letter to the New Prime Minister
All Tory prime ministers since Cameron have managed to make their predecessor look good. If Liz Truss works very hard at it, there is still a chance that she may break that tradition. It is, after all, a low bar. But it will require a radical change of direction. Remember the old Liz Truss, isContinue reading “Letter to the New Prime Minister”
Letter to a Labour MP: Fair voting is long overdue
The UK is the only major European democracy that relies on First Past the Post. Time for a change, and Labour really needs to take a lead. If you have a Labour MP, please tell them. Read more here
Let’s call a halt to this measurement madness
In June the government launched a consultation on one of its most hare-brained initiatives, to roll back on metrication. A kick in the teeth for ‘global Britain’? Consultation ends this week. You have a chance to respond. Please do so.
Leave Means Leave
In a rambling resignation speech which included neither the words ‘resign’ nor ‘sorry’, the PM set off a period of zombie government which hardly anybody else wants
Has Devon Dealt A Deadly Blow?
A serious drubbing leaves Tory MPs feeling very exposed. Yet the PM doubles down. Can we hope for better in the future?
From That Dark Day To The Present
Six years on, is there anything to celebrate?
Wounded beyond repair?
Can his party ever move in from BJ?