Steven CarruthersThe Curse of the Honest Actor: Proportional Representation Is Cold, Stiff and on a Slab Under…Starmer sez: “”It’s the right system, um, and, um, you know, it has given us strong government in this….country and we are not, uh, making…Jul 10Jul 10
Steven Carruthers‘We Deserve Better’: the way forward?This is a very interesting development and, for me, one that’s long overdue. Jones actually hits on why it is so difficult for left-wingers…Apr 1Apr 1
Steven CarruthersProportional Representation Voting Is MUCH More Likely To Come From The ConservativesNow that I’ve got your attention, let’s break it down and see if I have an argument here or, like all those MPs psychotically acting like…Mar 19Mar 19
Steven CarruthersGiving Them, and Yourself, The Red CardWe’re in the run up to one of, I think, the most wryly amusing periods of politics: when highly-paid figures, who want to preserve and/or…Feb 13Feb 13
Steven Carruthers‘Progressive’ is a ProblemWhen you’re trying to express or examine an idea, you want your terms defined and moored so that you’re not talking at cross purposes but…Mar 20, 2023Mar 20, 2023
Steven CarruthersPolitical Bear Trap or Golden Opportunity?Reform has form. The Nigel Farage/Richard Tice entity, Reform UK, is evidently coming to run the Conservatives up a tree again. As they…Feb 17, 2023Feb 17, 2023
Steven CarruthersUS Leftists Should Study British Right-Wing Populist Nigel FarageI like Krystal Ball a lot (yes: her real name). She’s been one of the most articulate, entertaining and combative US left-wing voices over…Feb 7, 2023Feb 7, 2023
Steven CarruthersBrothers In Arms: One: The Conservative & Unionist Party and the Scottish National PartyEh? Aren’t they diametrically opposed to each other? Kind of. Yes. However, it all starts to became decipherable when one accepts that the…Jun 28, 2022Jun 28, 2022
Steven CarruthersPerhaps The Actual Reason Why The Knives Are Out For Starmer…There’s a story about 36th US president, Lyndon Johnson, that’s possibly apocryphal but nonetheless was often one that Hunter S. Thompson…May 23, 2022May 23, 2022
Steven CarruthersRemember Paul Merton’s RiposteI was out hiking earlier and rather than just enjoying the nature and the country lanes, as I too often do at the moment, I scrolled…May 23, 2022May 23, 2022