Most of us must be hoping now that we don’t soon have a full scale Middle East war brewing up. Here, in the UK….. What an absolute rollercoaster British politics has been during recent weeks, much of it intensely unsavoury and depressing, including the latest Tory (donor ‘Lord’ Bamford) being the subject of a threeContinue reading “Monday 9 October”
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Sunday 25 June
What an extraordinary week it’s been. Many have been very newsworthy, as we’ve seen for years now, but there’s been nothing like this last week. First, we had the unprecedented (and so shameful that it was necessary) Commons debate and vote on the Privileges Committee’s report on whether Boris Johnson did mislead Parliament, the increasingContinue reading “Sunday 25 June”
Sunday 14 May
Although it seems our politics and public life are always in a state of rapid churn, they can hardly have been more turbulent than during these last few weeks. We’ve had the local elections, during which some ‘local’ Conservatives disingenuously resorted to green branding, the Coronation, progress through Parliament of the Illegal Migration Bill andContinue reading “Sunday 14 May”
Sunday 19 February
Another hefty news fortnight has passed, including the tragic earthquake in Turkey and Syria, the Prime Minister’s Cabinet reshuffle, the resignation of Nicola Sturgeon, controversy over the police handling of the Nicola Bulley (missing mother, now possibly discovered) case and increasing concern over the cost of living crisis with no good news on the energyContinue reading “Sunday 19 February”
Sunday 11 December
As ever, a fortnight is a long time in politics and for its psychological consequences. As we approach the festive season we’re having to contend with arctic temperatures, a deepening cost of living crisis and a prime minister who is surely on the ropes given the number of challenges he is facing but not resolving.Continue reading “Sunday 11 December”
Sunday 27 November
In the wake of the impactful Autumn Statement and as we enter the last week of November we’re faced yet again with a relentlessly depressing situation: continuing industrial action from transport workers, postmen, university staff and soon nurses; the news that by Spring millions of households will be spending a third of their income onContinue reading “Sunday 27 November”
Saturday 22 October
Of all the stormy weeks we’ve seen in UK politics recently, this last fortnight must qualify as the most tumultuous, during which, astonishingly, we’ve seen the PM’s sacking of her Chancellor, her absence from the House for Labour’s Urgent Question, (leaving Penny Mordaunt to endlessly stonewall the inevitable questions), poor performance at her second PMQs,Continue reading “Saturday 22 October”
Sunday 9 October
Another turbulent few weeks have passed, the new Chancellor and PM going AWOL for weeks after their ‘election’ before delivering a devastating ‘mini-budget’, the significant feature of which was subjected to a U-turn less than two days later. Within a month of taking office, Liz Truss was fighting for her political life, many of herContinue reading “Sunday 9 October”
Sunday 4 September
This last week, the end of August and start of September, is often characterised by a poignant change in the light, signalling the end of summer, returns to school, college and work and perhaps the necessity to face up to harsh realities which holidays can obscure. But there’s no sense of any new beginning inContinue reading “Sunday 4 September”
Sunday 28 August
Even this time last week it would not have been too late for the government to heed the many calls for them to recall Parliament in order to urgently address the cost of living crisis, a large part of which is attributable to energy costs, but no. The dim-witted limpet-like attachment to laissez-faire ideology hadContinue reading “Sunday 28 August”
Politics and mental health - the missing link? 