Issue Number 41 – 19 July 2022 | New articles added daily

We often vote with our feelings and politicians rely on that; but check out the Tory facts…

Russ In Cheshire

Latest Articles

“But, Angela Rayner!” How the Tories are elevating hypocrisy to an art form

Sadie Parker

Calling for 20mph in BCP! LOVE 20

Adam Osman

Hands up if this government makes you proud to be British!

Anthea Bareham

Wragg: it should be about the blackmail. Letter to the editor

Editor-in-chief

Brexit and farming

Emma Monk

Two years of telling it like it is.

Editor-in-chief

Education in crisis, and it can only get worse

Mick Fletcher

Mordaunt by name, piquant by nature

Sadie Parker

What does the new Covid-19 wave tell us?

Emma Monk

Ella’s Law – the right to breathe clean air

Tom Scott

“As the seas die, we die” – protest in Plymouth against fossil fuels

Rosie Haworth Booth

Mickey Mouse, Peppa Pig and the war on empathy

Tom Scott

Say ‘cheese’!

Ian Shaw

Dante’s Divine Comedy: tasting notes 9 – the violent against God, nature and art

Simon Chater

Conservatives: fans of first past the post when it suits, but when electing a leader…? Not so much

Anthea Simmons

The lifting of the ‘colour bar’

Jon Danzig

“Council meeting not fit for purpose”

Andrew George

The interminable Battle of Jesmond Wood

Adam Sofianos

Clownfall and Brexit

Molly Scott Cato

Tiananmen-on-Thames: Priti Patel creates her own Forbidden City

Sadie Parker

The V5 scam – why aren’t the police or the DVLA bothered?

Anthea Simmons

Wildlife, wilderness and the English landscape

Mick Fletcher

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BCP Council: the beach huts story…

Daniel Parkin

The week in Tory

Russ In Cheshire

“Stop it now, walk away, no more” A civil servant speaks out. Astonishing stuff which we MUST listen to.

Anthea Simmons

Bojo’s ‘bucket’ list

Mr Rushforth

The warning signs we simply cannot continue to ignore

Mark E Thomas

Way past time to hit the ejector switch for the cos-playing mendacious ‘maverick’

Anthea Simmons

The Environment Agency needs some serious teeth before it’s too late for our rivers

Anthea Simmons

Cartoon: Mr Steve Baker

Mr Rushforth

The scent of revolution in the air… Reflections on the TUC ‘We demand better’ march with Care4Calais

Lucy-Ann Pope

Where are the police when you need them? Letter to the editor

Editor-in-chief

Put on your thinking caps! Letter to the editor

Nicola Tipton

Never forget the MPs who blithely swam in Johnson’s sewer for 3 years before developing a sense of smell

Editor-in-chief

As Johnson digs his heels in, where do our region’s Tory MPs stand? Part 1: Devon and Cornwall

Sadie Parker

As Johnson digs his heels in, where do our region’s Tory MPs stand? Part 2: Dorset and Somerset

Sadie Parker

Dante’s Divine Comedy: tasting notes 8 – the wood of the suicides

Simon Chater

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