It was quite a shock when my children got to be school age to find that the state expected me to drop my kids off no later than 8.50am in the morning every day with my employer expecting me to arrive… (View Post)

Labour's best areas now are those like where I live - fairly comfortably off, not too Muslim, not too council estatey, urban but not too urban ... basically the sorts of suburbs which used to vo… (View Post)

Actually, this is a really good policy. It just sounds underwhelming. They ought to be framing it in a way like: "modern life shits all over those who are trying to do their bit: those who are t… (View Post)

St, Helens South - St. Helens, remember, went almost entirely light blue last week - doesn't at first sight seem an obviously safe seat for Burnham to contest. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/electio… (View Post)

I have lived in Greater Manchester for 80% of my years but have to my mild embarrassment never been - or even through - Ashton in Makerfield, Bryn or Abram! (View Post)