I remember it like it was yesterday. Can’t vote but still care. It was my first ever headline in a newspaper. I was fourteen and my submission to the Bolton Evening News’ letters page was a call to arms for people to step up and vote in the 2005 general
Read → April 16, 2021
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Read → February 05, 2021
This year’s live music events began to tumble this week, with Glastonbury officially cancelled and many others set to follow – likely wiping out most of 2021’s festival season. The problem for festivals isn’t just the gathering of crowds. The cost and logistical effort involved in getting the event ready,
Read → January 22, 2021
Just when we thought it was safe to turn off CNN, the world was glued to rolling US news again as pro-Trump protests descended into domestic terrorism and a storm on the Capitol Building. Still, it was nice to see the CNN hosts again.
Read → January 08, 2021
This week - on the final instalment of the Road to the White House (for now) - we take stock of that fraught and often unbearable election campaign, the size of Biden's win, what next for Trump and what next for a Republican Party gripped by Trumpism.
Read → November 13, 2020
Oh, boy, it's getting exciting. In this week's episode of Road to the White House, I speak to US commentator Edward Hardy and Greg Swenson from Republicans Overseas.
Read → October 23, 2020
Sometimes, you have to work hard to find a topical hook for a story you want to do. Other times, they pile up like trucks at the Kent border. Two of the week’s biggest stories have blown open some of the social and economic gaps that still linger over modern Britain,
Read → October 23, 2020
Another week in American politics, and another fight for adjectives to describe it. This week, with three weeks to go, we tackle the Vice Presidential debate and how Trump’s Coronavirus diagnosis will affect the dynamics of the campaign. All on… The Road to the White House…
Read → October 14, 2020
I bled a radiator this week. Not that I want to pander to toxic gender stereotypes, but I bloody nailed it because I’m a bloody man. We had a problem with the boiler. It started making a disturbing rumbling noise on Monday. After several days of doing what men also
Read → October 10, 2020
The most incredible election since... erm... the last one... took an even more incredible turn after President Trump and a string of White House staff were diagnosed with Coronavirus. Ed Hardy from The Hardy Report and Greg Swenson from Republican's Overseas joined me to discuss what this meant for Trump, Biden,
Read → October 07, 2020