This week Frank McKenna suggests that the election of Rebecca Long-Bailey as leader will kill the Labour Party.
chris16th January 2020
In his first blog of the new decade, Downtown boss Frank McKenna glances back at a tumultuous ten years and attempts some tentative crystal ball gazing for the next ten years.
chris9th January 2020
Jim says this needs to be the year when Minister's are held to their promises on real investment and devolution for the Northern Powerhouse.
chris6th January 2020
In his last blog of the year, Jim looks back on the most turbulent decade ever in British politics. It began with Gordon Brown determined to make Labour the natural party of power and ended with it looking unlikely they…
chris19th December 2019
This week Frank McKenna reflects on the Labour Party’s decade of decline – and warns that only a change of direction can save it from oblivion over the next ten years.
chris19th December 2019
In his final Downtown Monthly blog for 2019, Downtown Political Editor, Jim Hancock explores what the result of the 2019 General Election might have in store.
chris17th December 2019
Frank McKenna pays tribute to the Labour Party’s huge contribution to Boris Johnson’s landslide General Election victory in his post-election blog.
chris13th December 2019
Jim gives his comprehensive review of the General Election result. He concludes the debate over our membership of the EU is over for a generation. He also asks if now is not the time for the splintered Left to engage…
chris13th December 2019
Jim reflects on the difficult decision facing Remainers next week but believes it must be a vote for Labour to stop Brexit.
chris5th December 2019
