I don't know if anyone can turn around the dessicated corpse that is the Labour Party in the UK, but at least Starmer is finally stepping down, according to reports: It's amazing to me for Labour to be elected with a huge majority and then...
UK politics
On January 23, 1976, The Guardian ran a story about a group of aerospace workers at the Lucas Aerospace Corporation actively fighting their company's restructuring plans that would layoff thousands.
The reason why it's frankly idiotic to say that we shouldn't be having discussions about the future of the Democratic Party and instead just all get behind Democrats to oppose.
I'm no expert on British politics but the Tories going from the literal pigfucker to the dust witch to the fascist muppet to whatever good description works for Liz Truss is pure comedy. After a bruising first six weeks in office, Britain's still very new...
Found in my facebook feed; attribution unknown. Sadly, as someone deserves credit for this. Things here in the United Kingdom are progressing from strength to strength of course. We've successfully.
Spoiler alert: there isn't one. In the event of the incapacitation of the executive, there is no constitutional "Plan-B". I was told that the Cabinet Manual might cover it, which.
It seems trite to write about the shattered opposition party in a second-tier country during the age of pandemics and Tiger Kings, but the Labour Party will announce Jeremy Corbyn's successor via email this morning. This is a contest that Sir Kier Starmer should win,...
Somehow it's hard to believe that these guys lost. I'm going to have more on the December election and the future of the party in the coming days, but this.
Plymouth Labour Party campaign launch event, 2 November. I'm not in the photo, because I helped arrange the photo. I got to yell a bit, which is always cool. As.
This piece in TPM, Afterthoughts On Corbyn, Labour, And Its Prospects For Winning The Next Election, was brought to my attention via the crack communications team here at LGM, as a loyal long time reader wants the viewpoint from the British desk. My observations on...
Dominic Cummings, special adviser to Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain.CreditCreditTolga Akmen/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images, from the NYT article linked below. This piece ran in the New York Times.
A bit more than 48 hours ago, I posted an update on the parliamentary dysfunction of British politics and . . . it only got messier in that time. As.