Andy Burnham’s trivial pursuits – spiked
On 12 August, UK prime minister Andy Burnham convened an immediate sitting of the Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms (commonly referred to as COBRA). This is the committee that tends to…
On 12 August, UK prime minister Andy Burnham convened an immediate sitting of the Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms (commonly referred to as COBRA). This is the committee that tends to…
Racism and sexism have become ‘normalised’ in Britain, asserted equalities minister Bridget Phillipson last week. Speaking on the Guardian’s Politics Weekly podcast, to substantiate these claims, she cited the ‘cesspit’…
The British state’s decision to disperse asylum seekers to the poorest parts of the country has long been causing serious problems. Mainly accommodated in so-called migrant hotels and increasingly houses…
In January, the British government published its policing white paper, From Local to National: A New Model for Policing. This promises the biggest shake-up of policing in England and Wales…
Disposable barbecues, of all things, have found themselves in the firing line after Andy Burnham’s government temporarily banned their sale over wildfire fears. Fair enough, you might think. It’s probably…
The prospect of PC Andrew Harper’s killers being released from prison early has provoked real public anger. And with good reason. PC Harper, a Thames Valley policeman, was killed in…
The phrases ‘housing crisis’ and ‘housing shortage’ do not do justice to the scale of the disaster ahead in Britain. To gain an idea of just how severe the problem…
When you take part in a card game like Bridge, even the best players have to work with the hand they are dealt. However bad a hand is, you must…
Andy Burnham’s ‘listening tour’ has got off to a flying start, with some comments about asylum that show just how deaf he is to the public’s fury over illegal migration.…
Nine hundred and eleven. That’s how many people have illegally intruded into our country since Sunday. Just shy of a thousand foreigners, mostly blokes, sailed on to our shores and…