Tag: School Meals

• Steer Calmer

  

  So, the man Diane Abbott had once inadvertently christened ‘Steer Calmer‘ has finally made an impact. Unfortunately, it was not in matters political, and some hapless cyclist was upended at a junction in Kentish Town by Sir Keir’s quintessentially social democratic SUV. Comatose Keir likely indicated left but moved to the right before toddling off…

  Max Frances

  Oct 27, 2020

  Politics, Society

  Conservatives, Cycling, Government, Keir Starmer, Labour, Marcus Rashford, Police, Politics, Poverty, School Meals, Socialism, Tory

• 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