First let me say Happy New Year and that the consensus of readers who were kind enough to get in touch was that they like a daily rant, but perhaps with a some longer, more thoughtful and better explanations too.
Main comment: spot on - on all counts! With respect to mixing “hot takes” aka “rants” with longer more reflective pieces: yes, please. For starters, could you post versions of some of your TNE articles (much valued, BTW)?
Couldn’t agree more. Whether a future Starmer/Labour administration will have the guts to stand up to the right wing press and continue ch common sense reintegration remains to be seen...
"Guts to stand up to the right wing press" is possibly the commodity most conspicuous by its absence in the UK Parliament.
It's Parliament (not the public) who actually voted for, and gave us Brexit. It is also Parliament who facilitated the most reprehensible aspects of the UK news media by not implementing the recommendations of the Leveson inquiry.
It speaks clearly of the appalling calibre of MPs inhabiting the HoC, and I think the British political class as a whole. It seems to be a choice between venal and craven.
Main comment: spot on - on all counts! With respect to mixing “hot takes” aka “rants” with longer more reflective pieces: yes, please. For starters, could you post versions of some of your TNE articles (much valued, BTW)?
Couldn’t agree more. Whether a future Starmer/Labour administration will have the guts to stand up to the right wing press and continue ch common sense reintegration remains to be seen...
"Guts to stand up to the right wing press" is possibly the commodity most conspicuous by its absence in the UK Parliament.
It's Parliament (not the public) who actually voted for, and gave us Brexit. It is also Parliament who facilitated the most reprehensible aspects of the UK news media by not implementing the recommendations of the Leveson inquiry.
It speaks clearly of the appalling calibre of MPs inhabiting the HoC, and I think the British political class as a whole. It seems to be a choice between venal and craven.