The south London suburb of Bromley is blue on the electoral map but many residents are getting red in the face about the council’s vandalism on road safety. It illuminates wider populist and binary battles that pit drivers against pedestrians. Bromley’s transport supremo, Councillor Nick Bennett is driving an unpopular
As the final draft of the MoD’s Defence Investment Plan works its way round Whitehall it seems unlikely that it will have any firm commitments on increasing service personnel numbers. This will disappoint Healey and other Defence Ministers but they are realistic. They know they operate in a policy environment
Virginia, previously governed by Republican Glenn Youngkin, has elected Democrat Abigail Spanberger, a former member of the U.S. House, as its next governor. New Jersey, which at times appeared surprisingly competitive, ultimately delivered a decisive victory for Democratic governor-elect Mikie Sherrill, marking the first time since the 1960s that the
In my previous life I was a trades union lawyer in London. I left my job as a partner just over 20 years ago to come down to Cornwall with my ex-husband who was a naval pilot at Culdrose RNAS. When I moved, I ran an employment law clinic at Citizens
The new ZZ Top acts in the leftist political circus, Zarah and Zack, are attracting attention but Sultana is intransigently one-dimensional and Polanski is, well, green on security. Sultana is the worse of the pair. Despite Russian imperialism’s war to snuff out an independent Ukraine and menace its near neighbours
Five years ago, politics was unrecognisable to what it is today. The country was in the early stages of what we thought was a Boris Johnson hegemony. It felt insurmountable that Labour would win a general election. Keir Starmer took over a Labour Party in tatters, ruined by years of
As someone who was always regarded as being on the party’s moderate wing during my 37-year stint in the Greens, I was not at all surprised that Zack Polanski, with his self-styled brand of leftwing ‘eco-populism’, won the recent leadership election and won very handsomely. It was obvious to me
Russia’s war against Ukraine and the Hamas/Israel conflict have spawned two solidarity networks: one healthy and one that is definitely not. Visible and practical support for Ukraine is vital and should be maintained as the war grinds on. Ultra-leftist organisations active on Palestine oppose our government, as well as Israel,
This famous quote is too often ignored in Whitehall, especially when it comes to legal advice. As Ministers and senior officials wrangle over the forthcoming Budget one source of additional funds is now being actively considered. This is to repurpose all of the Russian assets (and not just the interest)
My mother arrived in Britain in the 1970s. She was not supposed to be here. She and thousands of others were expelled from Uganda by Idi Amin. They came with little more than a suitcase, seeking safety and a future. My family settled in Surrey, building lives amid the quiet
