Behold the flotilla of futility: Captain Starmer steering for the rocks, First Mate Yvette “Pixie” Cooper rowing in circles, and Shropshire’s Cabinet enjoying the ride — blissfully unaware that the bilge is filling with council debt, migrant hotel bills, and HMO planning approvals. “We’re in control,” they shout, as the mast snaps and the taxpayersContinue reading “The Dinghy Diaries: Shropshire’s Floating Disaster”
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Labour Promises and Other Extinct Species
“BRITANNIA FOR SALE: EVERYTHING MUST GO — INCLUDING YOUR VOTE“ A Cabinet of Clowns. A Manifesto of Mayhem. And a Blob with a thirst for borderless betrayal. Featuring a “lie a day” Keir and his cabinet of clowns. Ah yes. Labour — that once-proud party of the working man, now indistinguishable from a Davos wineContinue reading “Labour Promises and Other Extinct Species”
The Great Shropshire Rerun: When Blue and Yellow Fade into Beige
“Insanity Is Doing the Same Thing Over and Over Again and Expecting Different Results” As Shropshire lumbers towards another local election, the ballot paper may have changed font, but the options remain comfortingly bleak. Once again, we’re treated to the familiar LibDem-Tory pantomime—each accusing the other of mismanagement, while quietly agreeing on how to continueContinue reading “The Great Shropshire Rerun: When Blue and Yellow Fade into Beige”
The Abstention Games: Lib Dems, Labour and the Politics of Pretend
While the Liberal Democrats polish their eco-conscious credentials with dreams of flower-filled garden cities and leafy suburbs for the affluent, one wonders—who exactly is buying into this suburban utopia? Certainly not the average tenant staring down the barrel of a 500% council tax hike on second homes (unless, of course, they’re the second-class citizens livingContinue reading “The Abstention Games: Lib Dems, Labour and the Politics of Pretend”
The Alternative Council 