Will Boris be that Bad?
20/06/2019
Frank McKenna asks if Boris Johnson will be as bad a Prime Minister as many of us fear in his latest Downtown blog.
Is the government still serious about Devolution
13/06/2019
This week Frank McKenna asks if the government is still committed to devolution – and gives his thoughts on the current state of the Labour Party.
Lessons from the pointless election
06/06/2019
Frank McKenna outlines the lessons our politicians should learn, but probably won’t, from the results of the recent Euro elections.
It’s the turnout stupid
23/05/2019
The Euro Poll will be topped by Nigel Farage – but Frank McKenna warns that low turnout should guard us against reading to much into the election results from Thursday.
Mainstream has no answer to Farrage & friends
16/05/2019
Frank McKenna predicts a win for the Brexit Party in the forthcoming Euro Elections – and future success unless the traditional parties can find a way of challenging Nigel Farage and his allies in a different way.
A plague on both your houses
09/05/2019
This week Frank McKenna suggests that we may be witnessing the end of the traditional two-party domination of British politics and he reflects on an incredible week of Champions League football.
The state we’re in
02/05/2019
Fed up with Brexit? So is Frank McKenna, so this week he focusses on some of the issues he believes our political leaders should be dealing with in his latest Downtown blog.
A pointless election?
25/04/2019
In his latest blog, Frank McKenna suggests that the forthcoming European elections will be a pointless exercise that will have no impact on the Brext debate in Westminster.
You say extension, we say flextension – let’s call the whole thing off?
11/04/2019
‘You say extension, we say flextension, let’s call the whole thing off’ Frank McKenna’s latest take on the Brexit saga.
If they can U-turn, why can’t you?
04/04/2019
After another tumultuous week in parliament, Frank McKenna argues that only a people’s vote can truly define what the ‘will of the people’ is – and he suggests our ‘special relationship’ with the States may not be that special in the future.
Did Tigger bounce too soon?
28/03/2019
Timing is everything in politics. Frank McKenna asks did the Independent Group launch too soon? He also reflects on the latest Brexit shenanigans in his latest Downtown blog.
Have Women broken the political glass ceiling?
07/03/2019
On International Women’s Day Frank McKenna asks, ‘Have women broken the political glass ceiling?’