Lucy Sweetman12th June 2017 Er, what is she still doing in there?Poor young’uns. What a way to learn about our peculiar parliamentary system. Preventing T.May from securing a working majority was a decent…Jun 12, 2017Jun 12, 2017
Lucy Sweetman9th June 2017 So this is the aftermathThe exit poll was spot on once again. The shock of the prediction that the Tories would be the largest party but without a majority was…Jun 9, 2017Jun 9, 2017
Lucy Sweetman7th June The last day of the campaignNo doubt many will be pleased that this peculiar enterprise is over but that only means one thing: we are about to seal our fate for…Jun 9, 2017Jun 9, 2017
Lucy Sweetman31st May 2017 The ChildrenA week ago Monday, 22 people lost their lives in a suicide bombing at an Ariana Grande concert in central Manchester. Many of them were…May 31, 2017May 31, 2017
Lucy Sweetman12th May 2017 The problem of the pressNot enough people buy newspapers anymore. As an economic model, they are bust. Reader numbers and advertising revenue have been falling…May 12, 20172May 12, 20172
Lucy Sweetman9th May 2017 Up is Down, Down is UpOnce again, listening to the Today programme leaves me in a spitting rage. It’s not healthy. Today Theresa May will announce that she is…May 9, 2017May 9, 2017
Lucy Sweetman6th May 2017 Aftermath of the localsOh, the pain of it. Labour have taken an inevitable pasting and the Lib Dems, despite having gained in their national share of the vote…May 9, 2017May 9, 2017
Lucy Sweetman4th May 2017 Parliament is dissolved, on with the campaign! Oh.What a strange day.May 9, 2017May 9, 2017
Lucy Sweetman13th June 2010 Getting To Know The CoalitionNow we are getting to know our new government and it is a peculiar beast. The Prime Minister seems terribly comfortable in his new role, as…May 9, 2017May 9, 2017
Lucy SweetmaninGE2010 Revisited11th May 2010 So Long, GordonAnd so, Goodbye Gordon. It was a good exit, statesmanlike and honest.May 9, 2017May 9, 2017