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The Leaders’ Debate Mrs May Missed

Where was she? We missed her commanding presence, confident poise, eloquent replies coolness under fire and of course an ease with common people… but Nicola Sturgeon did not turn up for last night’s leaders’ debate. There was another notable absence too of course and Theresa May dropped points as a result. Jeremy Corbyn on the […]

Corbyn Suffers a Bad Case of On Air Gaffe

The Labour Party’s biggest beast fell victim to awkward interview syndrome yesterday, as Jeremy Corbyn crashed and burned live on Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour. It’s been something of a Labour trait to slip up on air in this election – Diane Abbott and Dawn Butler take your bows – but Mr Corbyn was left red […]

May vs Corbyn – The Big Fight

May vs Corbyn. Blue vs Red. Strong and Stable vs For the Many… This was a fight that had all the hype but was, in the end, a night to not really remember. Nevertheless, Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May did their very best to give Britain’s got Talent (on the other channel) a run for […]

For the first time, the Conservatives appear to wobble

The ‘weekend wobble’ is a new phrase to leap into our General Election top ten  as we go into week 6 of the campaign. For the first time since the snap election was called, the Conservative Party found themselves on the back foot and suddenly that whopping majority everybody’s been forecasting doesn’t look so certain. […]

He’s behind you…!

Panto season is officially here. After the past few weeks of party dress rehearsals, yesterday the theatre came to town and we saw the full cast on stage for the first time since this General Election began. After all the posturing, posing, sloganeering and prevaricating, it was a pivotal day in this campaign. As with […]

Why Emily Thornberry’s use of ‘b****cks’ is important.

In 1977, Nottingham Magistrate’s Court was the scene of a well publicised indecency case revolving around the use of the word b****cks – or to be more specific, its use in the title of the debut album by the Sex Pistols (as in Never Mind The…). Richard Branson, the boss of Virgin Records, hired celebrated […]