It was two weeks ago when the Green Party won a UK By-Election with a sizeable majority, followed by Reform UK (see here for what I wrote about the election outcome and my thoughts going forward). This was a historical result that consigned Labour (who previously held the seat) and Conservative to third and fourth places respectively. While By Elections tend to attract apathy and protest, this result also indicated that the two-party hegemony may be over.
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Green Party Wins Gorton and Denton By-Election
To be honest (lol), with so much going on in the world that is of an alarming nature and given my disillusionment with British politics, I have been paying less attention, than I would have once done, to when elections happen. Even so, I read here, with interest, the BBC account of what actually took place yesterday, election wise.
Continue readingRupert Lowe Launches Restore Britain as a Political Party
Part of my watchman on the wall remit is to look at the UK political scene and comment. What I see is overwhelmingly depressing (in a human sense) but there are causes for hope.
Continue readingEd Davey (LibDem) and Zack Polanski (Green) – Labour Party alternatives!?
I have little doubt, along with many, that UK politics is in a turmoil, and the question is begged: which way would it turn out if a General Election were to be called today?
Continue readingAdvance UK, Restore Britain and observations of the UK political scene – August 2025
In recent days, I have often had to reflect with increasing consternation on the current dismal political scene and the country that I was born and live in going off in a dangerous direction.
Continue readingTrumpwatch 71 – Donald goes to Scotland
It has been a four months since I wrote my last episode in my Trumpwatch series (see here) and a week since I wrote my third in my “Watching on the wall and what I am presently seeing” series (see here). Both of these blogs are pertinent when it comes to writing this present Trumpwatch episode.
Continue readingWatching on the wall and what I am presently seeing (3)
This is the third post in my “Watching on the wall and what I am presently seeing” trilogy. See here for the first and here for the second in the series. Having set the scene, I turn to what I am now seeing. It see a lot and it is hard to know where to begin and what to present. In my previous episode, I identified four important areas for consideration upon which I now elaborate, but also point out that I have already said a lot in my previous blogs (see here).
Continue readingA Southender take on national politics
I have lived in the city of Southend-on-Sea, England, for most of my life. It has two parliamentary constituencies and while there have been boundary changes during the time I lived there, one covering the East side of the City and the other the West side, most of that time I lived on the East side, although now I am living in the West.
Continue readingNigel Farage and the future of Reform UK
On February 12th 2014, I began posting blogs on my website jrbpublications.com and have been blogging away, along with my forays into Facebook, ever since. This is post no. 2432!
Continue readingLiz Truss, the depressing, dire state of British politics today, and are there reasons for hope?
I am a political neutral as well as a political nerd!
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