A commercial outlet’s account of 29 September, in which most of the critics are opponents and the headline is louder than the facts Burnham’s Liverpool Conference Speech: Triple Lock Changes From 2030, a National Care Service Without a Funding Plan and a Page of Opposition Reaction A commercial outlet’s account…

The Greens are in the dock, a diarist who dislikes their economics declines to claim more than the pages say Polanski, Coalition Talk and a No-Confidence Whisper: Two Channel 4 News Pieces on the Green Leader, One of Which Is Mostly a Headline The Greens are in the dock, a…

A 27 September interview, an 18 billion pound estimate dismissed as not that high and a plan that will wait for the next manifesto Free Social Care for Everyone, Funding to Be Confirmed: Burnham Tells Kuenssberg That Nothing Is Off the Table, and the Casey Review Is Brought Forward A…

A pseudonymous prat.uk writer reads the July government-formation notes with a red pen and finds that the homework was set by someone else Burnham’s Cabinet Marked by the Institute for Government: Sixty-One PPSs, a Split Department and Several Ministers Back From the Wilderness A pseudonymous prat.uk writer reads the July…

A Tunbridge Wells diarist reads about the flying Tesla Roadster heading for production in 2028 and notes that the Treasury’s electric vehicle mileage charge arrives the same year Wednesday, 21 October 2026. Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent. The window seat of a tea room on the Pantiles, a toasted teacake, a…

A Tunbridge Wells diarist reads about British husbands attending dinner parties mainly to check for Sky Sports and remembers the most famous dinner in Labour history Saturday, 24 October 2026. Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent. My dining room after a dinner for six, the good china washed by hand because the…

A Tunbridge Wells diarist reads about Washington slowing Ukraine’s drones to protect the price of diesel and wonders what Britain’s Green Party would make of a war over fuel Monday, 19 October 2026. Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent. The waiting room of my garage on the A26, my nine-year-old diesel estate…

A Tunbridge Wells diarist reads about France’s school money permanently in transit and recognizes the Labour approach to public finance in a single sentence Saturday, 17 October 2026. Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent. My kitchen on a road off Mount Pleasant, the Telegraph crossword half done, a second cup of Yorkshire…

A Tunbridge Wells diarist reads about six non-league footballers suspended after a team brawl and recognizes the oldest tradition in the Labour Party Monday, 26 October 2026. Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent. A bench on the Common, rain threatening, a flask of tea and a bag of mint humbugs, a newspaper…

Margaret on a conference speech read in full, a list of policies with a very short list of costings and a party that grew to 220,000 members and then discovered what that means Saturday 10 October, 10.15am, a desk covered in printed pages, a highlighter that has run out and…