Crossing a picket line

On Tuesday of this week, I crossed a picket line, and didn’t express any solidarity with the picketers.  I walked straight past them, ascended the stairs and went about my business as usual.  I didn’t pay it a moment’s thought, because the business...

The Anti-Midas Touch

I think the scales have now effectively tipped against Labour, and that further wriggling will sink them further.  I think their brand is irretrievably damaged and they need a cathartic change now if they are to survive the next election without a catastrophic split...

A cautionary tale about election day

On this election day, as well as encouraging those in the UK to vote Conservative, in Northern Ireland to vote Conservative and Unionist and encouraging people in Ireland to wait until tomorrow, I am moved by the lovely and fragrant @sharonashambles on twitter to tell...

Introducing the #MPsGotTalent meme

I was bored, and have decided to promote a meme. The #MPsGotTalent twitter meme will track politicians in the UK and associate them with the fantasy talent fellow memeticists assume they have. For instance: @benarchibald believes that Sir Alan Beith (Lib Dem) is an...