Richard Pooley7 min readPity Poor Labour. They will win.The blood was all over the back of my left hand. I was in the middle of delivering leaflets on behalf of the Liberal Democrats’...
Richard Pooley6 min readGerrymandering – the Tory Biter BitGerrymandering is a fun word for something so pernicious to democracy. I have always loved the story of its origin. In 1812 the Governor...
Stoker5 min read(not so) Dear Deer Those of us who are just a touch old fashioned (and Stoker slightly ruefully so admits) had a strange frisson when scanning the various...
Lynda Goetz7 min readThe UK Post Office Horizon Scandal - What are the lessons? I was one of the 1.2 million Brits who signed the petition calling for Paula Vennells, ex-Chief Executive of the UK's Post Office, to be...
Stoker5 min readAnd A Miserable 2024 To You Too No, really. We won’t even say “it’s bound to be better than last year”. Last year was OK, as years go, and whilst we all suffer from...