‘Like wearing a helmet on an exercise bike’ - erring on the side of extreme caution, Labour's blame game begins
Landmines are cruel and spiteful weapons.
Belligerents lay them with the hopes in mind that at a later stage, they will kill, maim, disfigure, or significantly hinder progress for any individual or advancing group that desires to take a certain path going in a particular direction.
A key component of my final election article discussed this concept previously.
'Ok, now what?' - New beginnings, and how time and patience will be required from a nation that feels like it's running out of both
One of the more interesting departures from government (and indeed the Commons itself) was former MP for Cheltenham Alex Chalk. Chalk, in his former role as Justice secretary, left behind one of the biggest infrastructural problems that the United Kingdom had as it began with a new government under Labour: the collapsing justice system, and prisons and probationary service.
Labour has a ‘landmine’ problem as it tries to progress.