by nabidana | Sep 24, 2016 | Uncategorized
Jeremy Corbyn is startling sometimes. He has amassed such a bewildering (and bewildered) group of disparate supporters around him, and communicated his ideas so poorly, that it is deeply complex to ascertain exactly what we’re looking at when we see his Labour...
by nabidana | Feb 4, 2016 | #WasItForThis, Ireland Election 2016
And so it begins. Lampposts across Ireland are today festooned (or infested, depending on your preference) with the smiling and not-so-smiling faces of our modern day gladiators, vying for a connection with our ballot-booth pencils. As usual, most look like they...
by nabidana | Feb 6, 2015 | Labour Leadership, unstupidity
Labour Party officials are concerned that their new campaigning training aid ‘Anytown’, a model town built in rural Yorkshire, is not quickly enough improving the campaign skills of the party’s front bench. Anytown, funded through union donations,...
by nabidana | May 11, 2010 | Uncategorized
Rejoice, just rejoice. As Gordon Brown made the single best speech of his life, resigning his commission, I doubt many in the country who care about these things had a dry eye. I’m delighted to see the Labour Party in opposition, and I’m hoping that...
by nabidana | May 10, 2010 | Election 2010
Apologies for the title, but really, seriously, what is it we have now? The Liberal Democrats offered Proportional Representation. They slumped in the election losing seats, and retained their position as the third party in UK politics. The Labour Party offered a...