The Sun’s declaring for the Tories will lead many to declare, ‘I never knew they were Labour,’ so half-hearted was the tabloid’s support. Support from the Sun has always been cynical, with the Tories unelectable they wanted to be seen backing a winner. In Scotland the Sun will not go blue… the locals Continue reading →

The BBC’s recently feeling obliged to invite BNP leader Nick Griffin on Question Time has rightly sparked a debate as to whether the ‘no platform’ for fascists strategy has a future. Some, like the Observer’s Barbara Ellen, have argued that we should encourage a BNP appearance as it would give them rope with Continue reading →

Writing in today’s Manchester Evening News, David Ottewell suggests that ‘the Liberal Democrats are in some ways closer to power than ever before.’ If this is true, it has very little to do with the Lib Dems themselves and everything to do with neither Labour nor the Tories landing a knock-out blow on Continue reading →

By now we’re all familiar with the spoilt little ultra-rich kids of America with their superficial little lives that revolve around drugs and getting laid. But Twelve is a quick, strangely compulsive read. The Catcher in the Rye on speed, perhaps, McDonall trespasses on Bret Easton-Ellis’ territory and plays by his rules, but Continue reading →

Dave Boling’s Guernica is not a small book and yet its problem seems to be that the author is unable to give the novel space to breath. It suffers terribly from telling – even précising – the story rather than allowing it to unfold. We know that the town is destined suffer terribly Continue reading →