Labour blames the Tories for the state of the NHS. The Tories blame striking Leftist doctors. In this Punch and Judy show, neither will admit that the eye-watering waiting lists are because of lockdown, says Alex Kriel.
A new campaign group has been set up called Not in My Name urging people not to vote on July 4th. The idea is, if enough people sit on their hands, it will trigger major reform of our broken political system.
Isn't it a bit odd that we're halfway through a General Election and yet the political parties have not sought to discuss their or their opponents' record during the pandemic, asks Brian Monteith.
Reform leader Nigel Farage has launched his party's General Election manifesto with pledges to freeze "non-essential" immigration, leave the ECHR and scrap Net Zero.
Keir Starmer has been accused of dragging Britain back "to the dark ages" by risking a £4.5 billion hole in public finances with Labour's ban on new North Sea oil and gas.
According to former Lib Dem MP Lembit Öpik, Ed Davey's Mr. Bean routine – falling off paddleboards and clowning around at Thorpe Park – is doing the party no favours. Time to get serious.
It's been dubbed the immigration election, but it seems the Tories and Labour haven't heard. Neither party seems serious about tackling this major source of public anger, says Migration Watch's Alp Mehmet.
Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer appear to have an understanding not to mention the costs of Covid measures, says Dr Tom Jefferson. And no wonder, as leaders of the lockdown and lockthemdownharder parties.
One reason to vote Reform is not because you think they have a chance of winning more than one seat. Rather, the more votes they get on July 4th, the stronger the case for a Right-wing Tory to succeed Rishi Sunak.
Ben Pile analyses the environmental policies in the Conservative and Labour manifestos and struggles to spot the difference.
