Tom FreemanWhat if they’re right?I struggle to believe the polls. Partly this is the scarring from having been a 15-year-old Labour activist in 1992, but partly it is — I…Jun 61Jun 61
Tom FreemanHow general elections affect local electionsJohn Rentoul and Mark Pack have disagreed about the recent local elections and what they may or may not tell us about the upcoming general…May 13May 13
Tom FreemanLicence to fantasise about killingKeir Starmer made a grievous mistake last month after it emerged that Labour’s Rochdale candidate, Azhar Ali, had voiced a deranged and…Mar 12Mar 12
Tom FreemanAccidentally answering the questionPoliticians are often asked questions that they’d prefer not to answer. One standard technique they use is to answer a different question.Oct 26, 20231Oct 26, 20231
Tom FreemanVoter ID: a cure far worse than the diseaseThe Electoral Commission has issued an interim report on the effects of voter ID on voting at May’s local elections.Jun 23, 2023Jun 23, 2023
Tom FreemanInside the Boris bubbleOn Boris Johnson and the Downing Street parties, how his behaviour and his projected self-image interact, and whether he can still get away…Apr 19, 2022Apr 19, 2022
Tom FreemanBelated lockdowns: the government chose to keep making the same mistakeIn a new report on England’s pandemic response, two committees of MPs are scathing about official thinking and decision-making in the slow…Oct 14, 2021Oct 14, 2021
Tom FreemanJudging May’s Brexit deal by her own standardsYou remember Theresa May’s 12 principles, don’t you? These defined the kind of Brexit she and her government were going to deliver. She…Dec 5, 2018Dec 5, 2018
Tom FreemanBrexit: thinking out loud about terrible ideasI think that leaving the EU is a terrible idea, so I empathise with the people calling for a new referendum — but I can’t say I’m…Oct 22, 2018Oct 22, 2018
Tom FreemanA defining day for LabourToday has shown why Labour is having such trouble with anti-Semitism and why it has struggled so bitterly and fruitlessly over the IHRA…Sep 4, 2018Sep 4, 2018