The coming school funding storm
Since 2010 and the introduction of austerity, government departments have faced some of the biggest cut to budgets in decades. Spending reviews, efficiency savings and a tight fisted Treasury have…
Toppling off the teacher workload tightrope
It’s common for those of us not in the profession to joke about the amount of holiday teachers receive. What’s not to like about a job that grants you six…
UKIP’s big chance
The last month has been all about leadership. Of the Labour Party, of the country, of UKIP. And just when we thought all the questions had been answered, with May…
Getting to know Mrs May
Party leadership elections normally hold a dual purpose. Primarily, of course, they serve to allow a party to democratically elect its next leader in an open and transparent way. But,…
Bring back Nigel
Cast your mind back to May 2015. UKIP has just polled four million votes in the General Election but failed to win more than one seat in the Commons. Nigel…
Queen’s Speech 2016: The snap judgement
There’s a sense of de ja vu with this Queen's Speech. Looking back to Ranelagh’s summary of last year’s offering, there is much that is repeated. Is this symptomatic of…
A Welsh UKIP adventure
7 Assembly Members! Seven! If 2014 was the year UKIP established its first foothold in Westminster, 2016 was the election cycle that the Party placed both hands and both feet…
Will the SNP be undone by their own success?
A quick show of hands - who actually thinks Labour could win the Scottish Parliament elections? No one? Ok, hands up those who think Labour might increase their number of…