At the start of the year the most vulnerable political leader in the British Isles might have been Rishi Sunak. Today, Leo Varadkar is gone and best forgotten, Jeffery Donaldson is gone (no comment), and there is Rishi in his Adidas Sambas still sitting around in the big chair.
Change happens and events shape change. Reform may not be ready to take seats, but it certainly able to make its mark on the political landscape, perhaps not in 2024. For the DUP it means hanging on to incumbency as the best offer to the electorate, while for Rishi that's unlikely to be an option.
Will Labour find that the ability to use social policy as a distraction to economic challenges will simply not be available to it in Government, the way both Blair and Cameron used hunting and gay marriage respectively.
No party, no candidate has the right to be elected. Let the people decide...
Just not good enough
A roadmap that lacks direction
Risky business
Tiocfaidh ar latte!
2021 may not be so different
Borderline ClusterF#£€!
Groundhog Days
Ambiguously certain is not certainty at all.
All about the message; future, present, past.
Yes to infrastructure, but foundations first before grand schemes...
New Government, same old problems
Approaching approaches
Recap on health reform, no budget, big decisions looming
Making Stormont better
An uncertain legacy
Confidence in short supply
Promises, promises.
Health status, Executive stasis, and Boris's strategic manoeuvres on Brexit.
Media, asking questions, and the election calm before...
Party manœuvres, fighting the last election, and who knows what will happen over coming weeks.
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