Paul Knaggs

Labour’s Winter Betrayal: Pensioners Left Out in the Cold As the frost of political expedience settles over Westminster, we find ourselves witness to a spectacle that would make even the most cynical observer's jaw drop. The Labour Party, once the self-proclaimed champion of the working class and vulnerable, is poised to plunge millions of pensioners into a winter of discontent...

Labour's NHS Transformation: A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing In a move that would make Nye Bevan turn in his grave, the Labour Party seems hell-bent on finishing what the Tories started - the slow, insidious privatisation of our beloved National Health Service. Under the guise of 'reform' and 'reducing waiting lists', our supposed defenders of the working class are laying...

Labour's Winter of Discontent: The Betrayal of Britain's Pensioners The mask has slipped, and the true face of Labour's neoliberal consensus stands revealed. In the theatre of British politics, where the actors change but the script remains depressingly familiar, we find ourselves witnessing a performance that has been a decade in the making. The Labour Party, once the self-proclaimed champion of...

In the Face of Tyranny: August Landmesser's Symbolic Resistance There are moments captured in time that speak volumes about the human spirit's capacity for courage in the face of overwhelming odds. One such moment is crystallized in a photograph taken on June 13, 1936, at the Blohm+Voss shipyard in Hamburg. Amidst a sea of arms raised in Nazi salute, one...

Starmer's Britain: Where Freedom of Speech Ends with a Knock on the Door ‘No one can get up much enthusiasm for a Government which puts you in jail if you open your mouth’ - George Orwell In the twilight of our once-cherished liberties, we find ourselves witnesses to a grim spectacle: the death throes of free speech in Britain. Under the...

Is the UK Government Really Broke? —We Can’t Go Bust! Change My Mind. We've all heard the dire warnings. A £22 billion "black hole" in our finances. Tough choices ahead. Tax hikes on the horizon. It's the same old story, whether it's the Tories or Labour holding the purse strings. But what if I told you it's all a grand...

If Tory Policies Broke Britain, How Will Labour's Tory Policies Ever Possibly Fix It? Prime Minister Starmer, our supposed saviour from Conservative misrule, now warns of "painful" budgets ahead. It's a classic bait-and-switch manoeuvre: voters took the bait of change, and now face the switch to more of the same. The question looms large: If Tory policies broke Britain, how...

Labour’s Membership Meltdown: Starmer’s Struggles as Party Shrinks Labour membership sinks to lowest level in 10 years under Starmer... Sir Keir Starmer's Labour Party has managed to achieve a dubious milestone: its lowest membership numbers in a decade. It seems the Party that once boasted of its grassroots support is now watching those roots wither at an alarming rate. The figures paint...

Are Labour Heading For Chatbot Doctors? In a move that's sure to raise eyebrows and blood pressures across the UK, former Prime Minister and current Labour whisperer Tony Blair has unveiled his vision for the future of the NHS. Spoiler alert: it involves fewer GPs and more chatbots. Yes, you read that right. Blair's think tank, the Tony Blair Institute for...

"A Good Party Is Hard to Find: Feargal Sharkey Singer Sharkey's Labour Lament" Feargal Sharkey once sang about matters of the heart, but now he's crooning a different tune - one of political disappointment. The punk rocker turned environmental crusader is learning the hard way that a good political party, like true love, can be hard to find. After being...