Who would want to be an MP?
01/02/2024
As another MP announces that he is quitting parliament – this time due to death threats – Frank Mckenna says we need to start to value our parliamentarians once again.
As another MP announces that he is quitting parliament – this time due to death threats – Frank Mckenna says we need to start to value our parliamentarians once again.
How much trouble is Rishi Sunak in? Could the Tories really give us our fourth prime minister in two years?
Playing ‘Culture Wars’ can backfire spectacularly if you’re not careful – has Rishi Sunak discovered to his cost this week. A Greek tragedy for the PM, as he finally lost his Marbles!
Frank McKenna reflects on another turbulent week for the prime minister – and some internal party challenges for the Leader of the Opposition Keir Starmer too. He wonders if the Tory and Labour coalitions are becoming too broad to manage and survive.
Is the King’s Speech conclusive evidence that the government has run out of ideas?
Rishi Sunak ‘celebrated’ his first anniversary as PM this week. As Frank McKenna reminds us, it has not been the easiest year for the man who was once seen as the ‘grown up centrist’ who could save the government.
HS2 cancelled. Announced investment in infrastructure not real. COVID enquiry revelations. What, given the myriad of news outlets available to us, are we unable to give due attention to the big issues affecting us?
Frank McKenna reflects on this week’s Labour Party conference in Liverpool.
Frank McKenna reflects on the Conservatives week in Manchester.
Frank McKenna’s thoughts on the latest controversies surrounding HS2.
Rishi Sunak may look like a dead man walking. However, don’t expect the opposition to be celebrating victory anytime soon. Why Labour will remain cautious in the run up to the next election.
Immigration out of control, the NHS in crisis, schools tumbling down, terrorists on the loose, the economy flatlining, snubbed by international partners, and now an unwanted nickname. Can ‘Inaction Man’ Rishi Sunak get a break and turn the fortunes of his party around?