Tag: Keir Starmer

• Clowning Glory

  

  Looking at the free school meals row, you might feel that this is a classic confrontation between a government and an opposition with diametrically opposed positions on social welfare. It isn’t. It’s actually an artificial squabble for political ground that distracts from a much more damaging affliction: local government incompetence. If local government agencies had…

  Max Frances

  Oct 25, 2020

  Politics, Schools, Society

  Angela Rayner, Boris, Conservatives, Government, Keir Starmer, Labour, Local Government, Manchester United, Marcus Rashford, MBE, Parenthood, Politics, Post-Fact, Post-Truth, School Meals, Schools, Tory

• Noes Out of Jaunt

  

  The UK’s chief Brexit negotiator, Lord Frost, has told his opposite number, Michel Barnier, not to bother coming over for the final bout of trade talks unless the EU fundamentally changes its position. In response, Ursula von der Leyen, the EU Commission’s head Beurocrat has noted that her own team will go to London anyway,…

  Max Frances

  Oct 17, 2020

  Politics, Society

  Boris, Brexit, Charlatans, Conservatives, Corbyn, Coronavirus, COVID-19, EU, Farage, Government, Keir Starmer, Labour, Local Government, Lockdown, Manchester