Month: May 2017

Even for these unusual times, we might note that this is a highly unusual election. First, it is a snap election, the first in over four decades. Labour is even more woefully unprepared than it would have been in 2020. Second, it has local elections in the middle of the short campaign, for which there… Continue reading Two rays of hope for Labour in the electoral post-apocalypse

Take no joy in the utter failure of Corbyn as a leader, as the vast majority of political commentators have always predicted. The only crumb of comfort that Labour can really take from yesterday was winning two metro mayor posts and coming within a whisker of a third. But the local election results are truly… Continue reading IMPORTANT: disastrous poll, but the general election will be worse

Yesterday was the 20th anniversary of the Labour landslide. I blogged this little piece for Labour Uncut on what it was like. The day was sunny, and my little Triumph Herald – referred to somewhat unkindly by my Tory opponent, David Curry, as “that old jalopy” – trundled its way across the Yorkshire Dales, blaring… Continue reading Election 1997 20th anniversary: some thoughts