Cleverly for now
03/10/2024
Jim reviews yet another turbulent Tory conference and suggests James Cleverly is the best of a poor bunch to lead the Opposition.
Jim reviews yet another turbulent Tory conference and suggests James Cleverly is the best of a poor bunch to lead the Opposition.
Can the Tory party be trusted with the responsibility of selecting the next leader of His Majesty’s Opposition?
The last two Tory conferences have borne witness to the scrapping of Liz Truss, then HS2, Jim asks what can we expect from the first Conservative gathering in opposition since 2009.
Frank McKenna reflects of a disastrous set of local election results for the government in last week’s polls.
Could the most successful election winning machine in Western Europe really be heading towards oblivion?
The Blackpool South by election will be the eleventh in this parliament caused by Tory MPs being thrown out for sleaze or walking off the job. Jim reports on this sad saga. He also reflects on fifty years of local council shakeups and the birth of Piccadilly Radio!
Is the ‘Nasty’ Party back?
How will Labour respond to another extraordinary Tory conference. Jim doesn’t think they can restore HS2 but what about some bold policies on social care and housing?
Building thousands of council houses without the right to buy is the only way to solve the mounting housing crisis. Jim suggests it might actually be popular with Tory voters.
Have the fruitcakes taken over the Tory asylum? Frank McKenna reflects on two Conservative conferences that took place this week.
Rishi Sunak has steadied the Tory ship. But can he hold together his ‘broad church’ of a party if the local election results are as bad for the Conservatives as some are predicting?
Jim gives a comprehensive preview of the big round of local elections coming up next month. He identifies the key contests in the North West and the prospects for the political parties 18 months from a General Election.