Bold Labour? Don’t hold your breath
21/09/2023
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.
Let’s stop talking crap about the green agenda
10/08/2023
The Green agenda deserves a serious debate. Instead the discussion about eco-policy is being hi-jacked by climate change deniers and Just Stop Oil crackpots.
Where the F**K do we start?
15/06/2023
After another calamitous week for Rishi Sunak and his government, Frank McKenna spent some time with Labours great and good this week – and found a party that is confident, but not complacent.
Prince Harry is right – but few will thank him for it
08/06/2023
Prince Harry and his battle with the British press resurfaced this week. DIB boss Frank McKenna thinks we should be thankful to HRH for highlighting the illegal activity the UK media have all-too-often been found guilty of.
Is the Tory party ungovernable?
20/10/2022
Truss has gone, but who will take over? And does it matter? Sunak is hated by Boris’ crowd. Hunt is hated by the ERG. Braverman is hated by the electorate. Mordaunt – Meh. Frank McKenna suggests that the Conservative Party has become ungovernable.
In Liz They Truss
04/08/2022
Labour should not be complacent about Liz Truss. Frank McKenna warns Keir Starmer that the new Tory leader will be no pushover…
That was a week (and a half) that was
23/06/2022
Frank McKenna attended high-level functions with both Labour and Conservative politicians this week – and he found both parties in good spirits.
When Did ‘Compromise’ Become a Dirty Word?
31/01/2019
In his latest Downtown blog, Frank McKenna says that ‘compromise’ should be seen as a positive quality – and is the only thing that can stop the UK from ‘crashing out’ of the EU.
We don’t need no education?
30/08/2018
Entrepreneur Richard Branson caused some controversy this week by saying that kids who didn’t pass their exams shouldn’t worry too much – reflecting on the