Friday 19th June 2026. (What are the Fafocene Diaries? See here). Woke up this morning to the news that 42% of the people who turned out to vote (59% turn out) in the Makerfield by-election voted for a faaar-right candidate (35% Reform, 7% Restore). Fortunately tactical voting by Lib Dems and Greens helped The King... Continue Reading →
How will “the Establishment” respond to the Greens? What other challenges do the Greens face? (InstaPunditry)
In the end, it was not even close. The victory of the Green Party in the Gorton and Denton bye-election is, I think that much abused word “historic.” But history has different meanings. In five years we might look back on this as the "moment that Labour changed"; unlikely when I narrated the vomit draft... Continue Reading →
Reeves and Trump – same energy on climate. We’re so so fubarred. #2cotAED
This year I am going to write something short, mostly daily, about what is going on – “2 cents on the Arrived Ecological Debacle” (2cotAED). I have to write it; you don’t have to read it. If you DO read it, feel free to tell me how wrong I am (and hopefully why). Re: the debacle aspect:... Continue Reading →
A Swift post about child poverty in 2024
This from the Guardian in October 2024. Children are being “plunged into poverty”, a charity says, because of a lack of support for kinship carers – relatives or family friends who step in to look after children after a crisis. Kinship carers, who are often grandparents, are twice as likely as other adults to rely... Continue Reading →
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