"My wife's gone to play cricket near Wigan." "Makerfield?" "No, actually I think I'll get her to bowl." (View Post)

"From a working class background in Aberdeen and is relatable and communicates in a way that not many Labour MPs are able to" To be fair, you could say exactly the same about Michael Gove. (View Post)

Entirely agreed. It’s been incredibly cackhanded. MHCLG said they wanted unitaries of 500k plus, then just approved a swathe of smaller ones. Millions has been wasted on drawing up proposals which ar… (View Post)

No one knows yet, because the clusterfuck that is the next round of unitary conversions won’t report until July. In theory a bunch of councils that are up in 2028 or 29 will have shadow unitary elect… (View Post)

In other news, I see that Worcestershire's Reform leader has been suspended, and that the council is now going to be led by Alan Amos. Alan Amos. Possibly the single most execrable politician in… (View Post)