Labour’s carrot and stick
24/07/2024
Jim reports on the first big challenges facing the Chancellor, the row over the economic inheritance, the legacy of HS2 cancellation, Biden’s departure and the Tories leadership plans.
A good start
18/07/2024
Jim writes in his blog that the new government have got off to a good start with a major programme of legislation, if it works!
Wide and thin, but could get deeper
11/07/2024
Jim thinks Labour’s hold on power could deepen next time if they can deliver on public services and immigration.
They know it all over!
05/07/2024
Jim looks back on fifty years reporting on General Election nights for Granada and the BBC.
Going down fighting!
27/06/2024
The Tories are heading for a heavy defeat, but Jim reckons the Prime Minister is going down fighting. He also reviews the battleground seats in Cheshire, Lancashire and Greater Manchester.
Old lady not coming to rescue
20/06/2024
The Bank of England won’t save the Tories, and with a betting scandal now hammering the final nail in their coffin, Jim’s blog includes the first part of a survey of NW seats.
At last, manifestos! But few takers
13/06/2024
People want better services, but the manifestos are obsessed with caution or cutting taxes says Jim in his latest blog. He also reflects on business giving a thumbs down to the right wing lurch in Europe.
Slow reply to Sunak zinger
06/06/2024
Jim thinks Keir Starmer was slow off the mark in rebutting the Prime Minister’s £2000 Labour tax rise claim. He also looks at the big constituency boundary shake up in Cheshire and Lancashire.
The long and, not so long, goodbyes
30/05/2024
Jim reports on the mad scramble of MPs quitting whilst others seek selection as the consequences of Rishi Sunak’s rush to the polls play out.
Huge Gamble
23/05/2024
In his latest blog, Jim thinks the Prime Minister has taken a huge gamble in calling a General Election whilst the polls remain so strongly against him.
A troubled world
16/05/2024
Jim thinks the Democrats need to take drastic action to stop Donald Trump leading the free world in very troubled times.
Anyone welcome in the Labour party!
09/05/2024
In his blog, Jim argues that Labour doesn’t need Tory right wing MP defectors after a series of local election triumphs. Read his full analysis of the current political scene and a bit of nostalgia from the Manchester of forty years ago.