David SkeltonWhy Horse Racing Is Right To Return NowThe resumption of racing tomorrow is tremendous news. It’s tremendous news for the country — showing that our national sacrifices mean…4 min read·May 31, 2020----
David SkeltonWhy BBC4 Must Be SavedTo inform, to educate and to entertain. These were the three “Reithian” values that formed the backbone of public service broadcasting…3 min read·May 15, 2020----
David SkeltonIn Defence of Trade UnionsSocial media is full of anger about the tube strike and the media narrative is one of unions running ‘rampant’. It’s crucial though not to…7 min read·Jan 9, 2017--1--1
David SkeltonLet’s celebrate St George’s Day and make sure that politics genuinely speaks for England.It’s St George’s Day today. And it’s a day worth celebrating. We should use every St George’s Day to celebrate our sense of shared identity…10 min read·Apr 23, 2016--1--1
David SkeltonSaluting “The Poet Of The Common Man”Merle Haggard is dead. That’s horrendous news to anybody who loves country music. Or loves great songwriting.4 min read·Apr 6, 2016----
David SkeltonI grew up in the shadow of Consett steelworks’ closure. Saving our steel industry does matter.Consett once had the biggest steel plant in the world. If coals from the Durham coalfield powered the industrial revolution and the British…5 min read·Mar 31, 2016--1--1
David SkeltonThe GOP Has Been Sowing The Seeds Of Trumpism For DecadesIt’s Super Tuesday and Americans in over a dozen states go to the polls. Donald Trump looks set to do very well, with a mixture of…6 min read·Mar 1, 2016----
David SkeltonToo Many Voters Still Feel Divorced From Politics. That Needs To Change.There’s something odd going on in politics across the Western world. The experts got almost every prediction wrong in the UK. In the US…4 min read·Dec 31, 2015----
David SkeltonWhy The World Darts Championships Are A Highlight of the Sporting CalendarThe rowdy din of Alexandra Palace has become almost as big a part of Christmas as mice pies, tinsel, the Fairytale of New York and the…3 min read·Dec 17, 2015----
David SkeltonTristram Hunt’s 1% and the working class young people who are still left behind“Why am I the first Kinnock in a thousand generations to be able to get to university? Why is Glenys the first woman in her family in a…5 min read·Nov 11, 2015----