Johnson Stumbles
05/09/2019
Has Boris Johnson been rattled by the belated fight back by MPs opposed to a No Deal Brexit? Jim argues that the Tory Party is now indistinguishable from Farage’s Brexit Party.
Johnson holds nearly all the cards
29/08/2019
Jim lays into Remainer MPs for being blindsided by the Prime Minister as we head for a No Deal Brexit. Also Jim used to report on Bury FC for Piccadilly Radio and hopes the fans can help the club start again.
Question marks over HS2
22/08/2019
Should HS2 be scrapped and the money spent on Northern Powerhouse Rail? Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham wants both, but Jim Hancock asks if that is realistic.
Corbyn’s cunning plan for Brexit
15/08/2019
Is Jeremy Corbyn’s plan to stop a No Deal Brexit deliverable, or part of his long term wish to get us out of the EU with Labour having clean hands?
PM heading for Brexit and Election win
08/08/2019
Jim analyses the twin-track approach that could deliver a No Deal Brexit and a Tory majority before the candles go out on the Haloween pumpkins.
Remainers are spectators
01/08/2019
This week Jim says the lack of determination by Remainers is allowing the new Johnson administration to assert that there is no alternative to leaving the EU in one way or the other. He also thinks the Cabinet massacre will not serve the nation well.
No Honeymoon for the clown
25/07/2019
This week Jim expresses his concern that Remainers lack the courage of strategy to stop the UK leaving the EU. He also looks at the challenge next week’s by-election in Wales presents for the new Prime Minister.
What May have been
18/07/2019
This week Jim reviews the May Premiership and concludes she was the wrong personaility but mightily let down by her MPs. He also wonders how she will vote on brexit from the backbenches.
Still time to vote for Hunt!
11/07/2019
This week Jim urges Tories who may not have voted, to support Jeremy Hunt after Boris Johnson’s betrayal of our Washinton envoy. He also criticises Labour’s latest policy on Europe.
100 years on from Versailles
03/07/2019
100 years ago the Versailles Treaty shaped the modern world we live in. But Vladimir Putin says liberal democracy is dead. Jim agrees there are certainly worrying signs.
Gove to champion North Powerhouse?
27/06/2019
Has the Northern Powerhouse had a power cut and will it be safe in the hands of the new Prime Minister? This was the question at a Downtown event this week and our Political Editor Jim Hancock was there to give you a full report.
Stand by for No Deal under Johnson
20/06/2019
This week Jim looks at a major move by northern Labour MPs to back Brexit. He also wonders if Chuka Umunna could be a disruptive force in the Liberal Democrats.