Labour is not guaranteed ten years in power
15/08/2024
Despite its landslide General Election victory, Frank McKenna warns the new government that Labour is not guaranteed success at the polls next time around.
The Downtown Den Politics Podcast | EP.42 | 22nd July 2024
22/07/2024
Jim Hancock and Jo Phillips discuss the latest dramatic developments in the race for the White House, the first row of the new Labour government over the 2 child benefit limit, the weighty King’s speech in general and will the Tories go long or short in the search for a new leader?
The Tory psychodrama continues…
11/07/2024
The contrast between new government and new opposition could not be starker. Frank McKenna reflects on a week that saw the return of the grown-ups to Downing Street, as the Tory psychodrama continues.
Have the Tories really thrown the towel in already?
13/06/2024
Have the Tories already waved the ‘white flag’ for this election?
The Tories need to lose – but Labour doesn’t need a landslide
06/06/2024
Frank McKenna wants a Labour win – but not a Tory wipeout.
The Generation Game
30/05/2024
Pitching older people against younger ones is callous, shortsighted and cynical. If the Tories have nothing to offer young people apart from a half baked national service scheme, they will eventually run out of voters…
The Downtown Den Politics Podcast | EP. 31 | 13th May 2024
13/05/2024
A controversial defection from the Tories to Labour, an upturn in the economy, and a new, old leader for the SNP. Plus, could global conflict actually be good news for the Conservatives electoral chances?
Could the Tories really be wiped out?
04/04/2024
The results of a ‘mega-poll’ were released this week. It diid not make happy reading for the Conservative Party. Could the Tories really be facing wipeout at the next General Election?
Post haste
11/01/2024
Jim is unimpressed with the sudden urgency ministers are applying to decades of post office injustice. He also looks ahead to a year of elections.
Have the Tories run out of ideas?
09/11/2023
Is the King’s Speech conclusive evidence that the government has run out of ideas?
I did it my way!
26/10/2023
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.
Events dear boy
26/10/2023
In his blog Jim reflects that there is still a way to go until the next General Election. Unpredictable events, like Gaza, can shake even the most succesful parties, as Labour is showing.