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2019 was the election to settle Brexit. Personally, I wanted a second referendum on Brexit. But, the difference between Labour’s and Conservative’s policies was night and day. For the Conservatives, a vote for them was a vote to ‘Get Brexit Done’. They had a deal that was ‘ready’. Labour, on...

Nope, that wasn’t my point. Struggling businesses who are losing money or have greater expenses aren’t going to increase their staff’s wages. The Government finds itself in a similar position. Less tax income, more expenditure and so on. So increasing the wages of public sector staff isn’t...

Not the point I’m making at all. Government expenditure and the deficit has increased and this has largely been driven by COVID. Handing out pay increases to public sector workers just make sense given that context. A lot of private businesses would struggle to offer their staff 2-3% increases...

On principle, I don’t think many people would disagree with the concept of giving nurses more than 1% pay rise. The reality is, the amount the government has borrowed since COVID makes it unlikely the Government will increase the pay of public sector workers. It has to come from somewhere and...

Australian and NZ meat is very popular in that region. The assumption is that British will also be popular there too.

One look at Walker’s goal scoring record versus Biamou’s tells you everything you need to know.

Brexit nor EU membership is enough to save a failing business. £100 million over 10 years is a lot of money. Even if Brexit was a catalyst, those losses are clearly not sustainable.

You’re not wrong, but Labour also planned to nationalise more than just the rails (broadband, public services, utilities etc.) and frankly, the electorate didn’t find its proposals credible. The Conservatives have completely outflanked Labour on even the economy. Nationalisation of the rails...

With losing Ostigard and McCallum after their loans, this is the most obvious area of improvement for me. Rose did show signs in his last couple of appearances like he can compete in the Championship. We do need to help in all areas of the pitch though.

No shame if you did get relegated under those circumstances! To get promoted to Premier having a bottom 4-6 budget is a huge achievement and is, frankly, something we'd love to emulate. One of the Barnsley games next season (assuming you don't get promoted), we should organise a SBT delegation...

100% agreed which is why I'd like to see it piloted on a larger scale to assess its impact. There could be untended consequences of this policy such as increased cost of living and/or wage depression because the state guarantees a set income. Even if UBI is a successful policy, the emphasis has...

She is also projected to lose her seat at this rate. A poll conducted either just before or after the council elections projects the Tories would win a 123 seat majority. The SNP would also win all but one seat north of the border too. People like Ed Miliband and Yvette Cooper would lose their...

With UBI, it’s an interesting idea. I’d like to see more trials on a larger scale, but if you could cut all bureaucracy of means tested benefits and replace all other benefits with UBI... Maybe it could be a good and popular policy.

Signing Ostigard for us would be a statement of intent and a real coup for the club. He progressed a lot from the start of this season! The club wants to progress incrementally, but we could be in a really good position to do something similar Barnsley have done.

With Blackburn, we did concede a penalty that resulted in a goal and a red card in the first 10-15 minutes of the game. Blackburn were also in a rich vain of form too!

I think a lot of us fans had an inferiority complex about us going into the season, which is totally understandable. As we’ve seen, there are plenty of clubs living beyond their means and paying average players larger salaries than their worth. In the next 2-3 seasons, providing our...

Signing Liam Walsh is a move that makes sense for both parties. He may attract a higher salary elsewhere, but will he get the game time he will here? Probably not. Lets make this move happen!

Lords reform is needed without a doubt. But, an elected house to rival the authority of Parliament is not the optimal solution. Looking at the USA, having two houses can lead to deadlock which is why the US has struggled getting budgets through the house. The Fixed Term Parliament was...

It might not be the most popular view, but I really like our electoral system (FPTP). It produces disproportionate winners and losers, but it mostly allows for strong governance. You have the odd decade where parliament is weak (1970s and 2010s). To take 2019 as an example, you’ve had the...

Baka didn’t look like scoring even when he got the ball in good positions. It was probably down to his confidence and that doesn’t help when you get very little minutes. That said, we need someone to make that impact and he wasn’t the guy. Biamou, credit to him, did come off the bench to get...