Alan Simpson's Blog

While Rome Burns…

How Clean Imperialism is cashing in on confusion What a sad place parliament is at the moment. Lust, mistrust and the abuse of power have stripped parliament of the confidence it needs

Unclean, no Growth, no Plan

Secretary of State, Greg Clark MP, launched the government’s ‘Clean Growth Plan. claiming that “…Britain continues to lead the world in efforts to tackle climate change.”

Corbyn and the Winds of Change – politics of the new centre ground

Hurricane Corbyn must be the only good news story in a season of storms. In Germany, the SPD may not have deserved to win,

Into the Emptiness

Until someone ‘helpfully’ leaked the Labour election manifesto, the biggest issue of our time had barely got a look in.

The Politics of Atonement: a One Planet Budget

We are rapidly approaching one of the big, Post-Paris, tests of this parliament. The danger is that all the major parties will fail it.

Who’d Kill the Co-ops?

There’s a storm brewing, and it’s a good one. In a not-so-subtle pincer movement the Treasury and the FCA…

Air pollution: Every pram for itself?

The University of Surrey has just published some research on urban air pollution. It urges parents to use pram covers to protect babies…

Nightmare on EU Street

Nightmare on EU Street So, here’s the dilemma: the kids want to go to the cinema but can’t agree whether it should be ‘Lion’ or ‘La La Land’.

Earthquake America… all is not lost

It has been a while since I checked out the websites of America’s legion of ‘Last Days’ believers. Rapture Ready…

The Politics of Ugly

Most people will be relieved the US Presidential election is over. It was a process that demeaned everyone embroiled in it..

Theresa May and the Ministry of Dirty Thought

Britain may laugh (or squirm) at the amount of dirt and dishonesty the US Presidential election is sinking of into.

Retaliating first: Corbyn and the honeymoon that never was

It all reminds me of my teenage ‘baptism’ into adult football. The manager’s warning was absolutely clear “Watch out for these lot…

The Blair Supremacy*: a very British coup

Reading ‘The Blair Supremacy’ is like sitting alongside a skilled forensic scientist as they dissect the multi-layered elements…

The Anatomy of Assassination

A caricature is being carefully constructed. It is the picture of the Labour Leader, Jeremy Corbyn, leading a bunch of…

How Labour plotters plan to ‘heal’ everything

Labour is plunging into a fresh leadership election just 10 months into Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership. The pretext for the challenge…