Does Nigel Farage Represent Clacton Or Himself?
If you live in or around Clacton – or you just follow British politics closely – you’ve probably asked yourself a simple question: does Nigel Farage actually represent Clacton, or…
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If you live in or around Clacton – or you just follow British politics closely – you’ve probably asked yourself a simple question: does Nigel Farage actually represent Clacton, or…
This is an important update since his suspension. The Police Federation boss sacked after arrest over corruption allegations has now had his employment formally terminated, and that changes the conversation…
By an observer of English politics and local government with 0ver 40 years of experience watching the slow decay of civic accountability There are moments in English public life that…
At England Then And Now, we track the gap between official narratives and life on the ground in modern England. Nowhere is that gap more stark than in the latest…
There is a question that sits at the heart of post-war English history, and it has never been properly answered: How did England go from a nation that was 99%…
For almost four decades in and around the NHS workforce debate, I’ve watched the same story play out in English hospitals: rota gaps, panic, an overseas recruitment drive, a brief…
British Transport Police have launched an appeal after a man was reportedly seen committing an indecent act on a District line service in East London. The incident is said to…
When a child is tortured and murdered, and the state then hides how it failed her in order to protect the rights of the man who killed her, something has…
White applicants excluded. That’s a phrase that shouldn’t sit comfortably with anyone who believes in basic fairness, yet it’s becoming increasingly common in conversations about jobs, internships, and public life…
Introduction: The Government in England You Never Voted For Living through forty years of elections, manifestos and ministerial reshuffles, you start to notice something uncomfortable about how England is actually…