If you want to get on you should still work hard – right?
Frank McKenna suggests that work/life balance expectations have become somewhat skewered – and that the entitlement demanded by some in the workplace is neither desirable nor sustainable.
You have to stand up to a bully – but will we?
Do Brits – or indeed the West – have an appetite for a war with Putin? We can’t even have a mature debate about Fracking, and we love cuts in defence spending. Frank McKenna’s latest blog reflects on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Is our Government Conservative?
In his latest blog, Frank McKenna asks: When is the government going to get a Conservative Leader?
Has politics become a sport?
Frank McKenna thinks that politics has become a sport? Kurt Zouma was condemned by most people for brutalising his cat – but his club and its fans got behind him. Boris Johnson is being battered in the polls for his recent behaviour by voters – but Tory party activists still back him? So, has ‘tribalism’ replaced common-sense when it comes to political discussion and debate?
Is it ‘when’ rather than ‘if’ now for Boris?
Of all the crisis and controversies the prime minister has been embroiled in recently, could it be an immature slur against the Leader of the Opposition that finally brings his time in Downing Street to a close? Frank McKenna asks ‘Is it ‘when’ rather than ‘if’ now for Johnson?
Does Labour really want Boris to resign?
Frank McKenna reflects on whether Boris Johnson going or staying would be best for Labour in his latest Downtown blog.
Will ‘Big Dog’ Survive?
Its been a hectic start to the new year in the world of Westminster politics. Frank McKenna casts his eye on the scandals, the policies and the possible outcomes as ‘Big Dog’ fights for his political survival.
Labour’s renewal
For the first time in a long time, Labour looks like it could win a General Election. Read why, in Frank McKenna’s latest Downtown blog.
It’s shit or bust for Boris
Boris Johnson endured a torrid end to 2021. As polls show that the country is running out of patience with him as fast as his parliamentary colleagues, Frank McKenna suggests that the PMs only chance of survival is to keep the country open and not introduce any further restrictions in 2022.
Short Term Gain, Long Term Pain – the NHS will Collapse if we Keep Shutting Down the Economy.
In his final blog of the year, Frank McKenna expresses his concerns about the long-term future of the NHS and public services if we don’t quickly learn to live with Covid.
If I’d Have Known Then What I Know Now…
Downtown in Business recently celebrated its 18th anniversary. Frank McKenna reflects on some of the things he’d have done differently had he known then what he knows now.
Labour gets serious about Opposition
In his latest blog, Frank Mckenna suggests that Keir Starmer has given Labour a fighting chance of offering a serious challenge to the government in the coming months with his latest shadow cabinet reshuffle.