A mayoral race: an insider’s take – Nick Buckley MBE
I am mournful. I am disappointed. Not for failing to become Mayor of Greater Manchester last week. For this was an impossible task for a 'no one' with an eight-week campaign. I may be a loser, but I am a realistic loser. My feeling of melancholy comes from the lack of impact I made across the region. I received 2.7% of the vote, equating to 19,000 votes.
This Budget is a gallon of gruel – Richard Tice
16 MARCH 2023 | OPINION
Spin, bluster, sound and noise always rage around any Budget. Do you get that strange feeling of having heard all...
Creating One-Nation: The Empowerment of Sport – Paul Maginnis
24 June 2019 | OPINION
We
hear a lot about ‘one-nation’. Whether it comes from Rory Stewart, Boris
Johnson, or even Ed Miliband back in 2012. In...
Should the BBC rule the [air]waves? – George Duff
28 August 2020 | OPINION
If the Proms row has had an impact on the BBC's reputation, it's been greater awareness of the BBC's structural...
The creeping trend of increasing press restriction
18 December 2021 | OPINION
Recent events might suggest that we are in an environment in which state control over media and the press is...
Breaking up the Kingdom – the first shots are fired
17 JULY 2024 | OPINION
The author, Rolf Norfolk, is a retired independent financial adviser. You can follow him on X here.
Today, the King’s Speech included...
Article 13: banning memes – Tom Pritchard
5 February 2019 | OPINION
Thank God we are leaving. That has been the feelings amongst British eurosceptics. Over the past few months however, this...
Nigel Farage’s electoral strategy is one of self-harm – Luke George
4 November 2019 | OPINION
Three and a half years after 17.4 million people voted to leave the European Union, barely any progress has been...
There’s a dangerous minority violently pushing for a left-wing agenda –...
30 March 2021 | OPINION
These past 12 months have been far from average, from the global pandemic, which is still a massive part of...
Boris must tackle the cost of living if he wants to...
21 April 2022 | OPINION
Boris Johnson's political career hangs by a thread.
Britain's happy-go-lucky Prime Minister, who has been plagued by 'Partygate', now finds himself in...