Spend, spend, spend – Rishi has traditional Tories scratching their heads
28/10/2021
Traditional Tories will see the Chancellor’s budget as heresy. But Sunak and Johnson won’t mind if it delivers them another election victory.
No more lockdowns please
20/10/2021
People need to seriously look at the wider implications of lockdowns before campaigning for another period of uber restrictions, argues Frank McKenna in his latest Downtown blog.
The Business of Politics
14/10/2021
As a DIB poll finds that most business leaders feel abandoned by the political parties, Frank McKenna asks if Andy Street’s suggestion, that more entrepreneurs should go into politics, is the answer?
“OH JEREMY JOHNSON, OH JEREMY JOHNSON…”
07/10/2021
Who or what is Boris Johnson? The ‘Heir to Blair’, Jeremy Corbyn’s soulmate, or a bowl of spaghetti? Mama Mia, Francesco Mckenna tries to navigate us through the complicated recipe that is our Prime Minister. Not too much parmesan please – and easy on the garlic.
A master of all he surveys
30/09/2021
Keir Starmer’s relative success at his Labour conference this week is good news for Boris Johnson. Frank McKenna explains why.
Big week for Labour and Starmer
23/09/2021
Keir Starmer and Labour host their conference in Brighton this week. Will the party show that it has learned the lessons of four consecutive General Election defeats – or continue its journey into political oblivion?
Devolution – What Next?
16/09/2021
Will the new Minister for Housing, Communities & Local Government progress the devolution agenda – or has the King of the North put the Tories off Mayors?
Tax hike will not fix social care – and NHS needs reform as much as it needs cash
08/09/2021
Heresy? Frank McKenna argues that the NHS needs radical reform more than it needs cash – and that this week’s tax hike will not improve social care as promised.
Acorns Business Club
17/08/2021
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Our consistently inconsistent PM is a Disastrous Leader for a Crisis
22/07/2021
‘U-Turn’ may not have been in Margaret Thatcher’s vocabulary – but its top of Boris Johnson’s political playbook. Frank McKenna reflects on the Prime Ministers tendency to change his mind at the tip of a Twitter storm in his latest Downtown blog.
TORIES ON WRONG SIDE OF CULTURE WAR – SHOCK
15/07/2021
The Prime Minister is usually a master at tapping into public opinion. But he and his team have scored an own goal in their attitude towards Gareth Southgate and his squad according to Downtown boss Frank Mckenna.
If not now, when?
08/07/2021
Frank Mckenna explains the reasoning behind Boris Johnson’s decision to announce ‘Freedom Day’ and a loosening of COVID restrictions.