Blackford attacked the Labour leader for “desperately trying to out-Brexit the Prime Minister”. Can it be that Labour is doing better in Scotland and the Nats are starting to feel worried?
The third part of a series on ConHome this week about the politics of race and ethnicity in Britain today.
Plus: The North London polenta-eating intelligentsia can’t cope with a North East accent. And: A secret wedding is possible.
[Editor’s warning: as the author of the famous originals pointed out, “there is wishful thinking in Hell as well as on Earth”.]
Until Ministers have a clear direction in which to steer the ship of anti-poverty policy, they will be at the mercy of the passengers.
The questions are posed with a ponderousness that recalls Polonius as his most sententious: too much evidence, too little wit.
August’s debacle has won this category – although other U-turns are not much further behind.
The second in our mini-series of pieces from the Centre for Social Justice on the virus – and helping those in deep poverty.
The recent debate on free school meals has shown, among many things, the impact of local civil society non-state organisations.
We are allowing others to create a narrative for us, and in the absence of an agreed poverty measure and subsequent strategy, we always will.
Johnson’s troops are issuing declarations of intent in public. His success will depend on his ability to learn from mistakes.
It contains ideas for the NHS which would genuinely help deprived communities. But the DLUHC should be wary of overstretching itself.