Tag Archives: Labour
Fool me just once more? Sure, for old time’s sake.
Sadly, being ambivalent often achieves nothing. And I was completely disinterested in the upcoming Scottish elections. Then serendipity intervened. On the same day as I received my postal vote, the Labour candidate came to my door. His pitch, wisely, was … Continue reading
The big difference between 2003 and 2025? The elite are no longer concealing their contempt for us
Allowing this blog to become too current affairs centric makes it more boring than it usually is, and depressing, for me and anyone who has the misfortune to happen upon it. Still, certain topics reach such enormity that it’s cowardly … Continue reading
Labour’s failure reflects our lack of imagination and bottle to demand something new
The nauseating PR seems so ridiculously quaint now; those genius adults were back in charge. How quiet it would be after a decade plus of Tory dysfunction and incompetence. That this Labour government, with the drabbest weathervane leader imaginable, would … Continue reading
Is there anything worth voting for in 2024?
The first General Election I could vote in was 2001. I voted for Labour, then Tony Blair went all Henry Kissinger in 2003. Despite this the dangled carrot of Scottish Independence has kept me engaged. Until now. With no prospect … Continue reading
So yeah, another fecking election.
So, yeah, another election, and there’ll be another one, well technically it’ll be another referendum, shortly after this. We should be thankful for choice, as some countries don’t have votes or stable democracies. Even so, most of us seem to … Continue reading
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