Tories and Labour

Labour Together Election Review - The UK Labour Party has just published a review, with data and analysis, of their disastrous 2019 defeat.Some key themes from the (much longer) summary: - Deep seated long term issues retaining traditional voters, going back to Blair years - Corbyn's unexpectedly good results in…

A review of the Labour’s 2019 general election campaign has found that a “toxic culture” inside the party’s election-fighting machine contributed to its defeat.Negative perceptions about the leadership, concerns about the party’s incoherent Brexit stance and doubts about the manifesto culminated in Labour’s worst result since 1935.The 154-page report was produced…

The Week’s daily round-up highlights the five best opinion pieces from across the British and international media, with excerpts from each.1. Gaby Hinsliff in The Guardianon mocking the BLM movement as an electoral tacticThe Tories may not take the knee, but voters may not care“Dominic Cummings doesn’t have time to…

A discussion on policy this was not. What was clear in the first debate was that for any of the four candidates to shine, they will need to debate in English. Mon dieu. Anyone who tuned in to Wednesday’s Conservative Party leadership debate expecting to see a serious policy debate…

A Black Lives Matter protester is being applauded as a hero for carrying an injured rival demonstrator to safety after violence erupted at demonstrations in London on Saturday.An image captured by a Reuters news agency photographer shows Patrick Hutchinson, a personal trainer and grandfather, rescuing a man believed to be a far-right…

Nigel Farage has left the building. His contract with the radio station LBC was not renewed following his offensive comments on Twitter, likening Black Lives Matter protesters who pulled down the Edw… Read More

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Millions of people in the United States are losing their employment-based health insurance amidst the COVID-19 global pandemic -- hit by the double blow of losing their job and losing affordable access to health care. Thank goodness we live in Canada -- right? Wrong. We as Canadians have long prided ourselves…

Black Lives Matter and Indigenous justice movements call on us to confront the spread of policing throughout social life. The growing movements raise concerns over the self-serving relationships between criminal justice agencies and post-secondary institutions. Particularly troubling, this includes the employment of active police officers as faculty in departments like…