Politics

Expert opinion — Eddie Barnes, Our Scottish Future

“I wish I could say this is a joke; it is not a joke”. Those were the words of BBC Today presenter Nick Robinson reporting that Michael Gove — the Secretary of State responsible for levelling-up — was late for an interview because he was stuck in the Broadcasting House lift.

It may almost be Christmas but many Labour MPs are already thinking about the summer of 2024.

There’s a Harry & Paul sketch in which Harry Enfield plays Tony Blair on his first day as a part-time adviser to the investment bank ‘Lorgan Stanley’. They’ve forgotten they appointed him when he stood down as Prime Minister and are taken by surprise when he turns up at reception.

Not one aspect of our day-to-day lives has been left untouched by emergence of Covid-19 and the subsequent restrictions implemented to curb its grip on society. In the early days of the pandemic, trips to the supermarket became mission critical as we scoured shelves for the last remnants of toilet roll, flour, and other precious commodities.

Cooperation agreements between political parties may be a bit like a marriage but as we know, half of all marriages end in divorce.