As we mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day with bunting and street parties, prayers and speeches, grainy footage and crackly sounds from a lifetime ago it’s almost impossible to imagine what it meant then.
Have UK politicians ever been as unpopular? The polls do not make for healthy reading.
Jim reports that business is backing the Prime Minister in taking a cautious approach on the global tariff war that is breaking out. He also looks at the upcoming elections. With Labour and the Tories unpopular, where will the votes go?
This week Martin looks at the challenges business and those providing public affairs and corporate strategy advice are facing as the Trump administration finds its feet…
As Frank McKenna struggles with internet issues in the South of France, Jim Hancock and Jo Phillips discuss the last seven days in the world of politics.
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In the first few weeks of his Premiership, there were grumblings about the amount of time Sir Keir Starmer spent out of the country but it might just be that the benefit of those early meetings with European leaders, Donald Trump and others is about to be realised.
Labour may only be six-months into government – but they’re running out of time already.
Which way will the UK’s political Mark Darcy jump?
See what Jo Henney, CEO of Nugent, has to say about Keir Starmer’s speech on AI
Jim looks back on a year when democracy came under increasing threat, and Labour went from great electoral triumph to economic gloom.
In her final blog of the year, Jo Phillips takes a look at some improvements that British politicians can make in 2025.
