Darren Lewis

You may be fed up, disaffected, disillusioned or just plain angry - but it is still important to vote.You might be sick to the back teeth of them all. But it is still important to activate our hard won, democratic right to have a say on the…

Remember when Esther McVey, the Government’s Minister for Common Sense, went on to Question Time and couldn’t explain what a Minister for ­Common Sense does? Our Esther’s humiliated, stony face as presenter Fiona Bruce tried to make sense…

It is the oldest trick within the authoritarian playbook: stoking anxieties and whipping up the unfaithful fears of mob rule to assault democracy.Conflating the UK’s ­heightened menace stage with authentic protest over the dying and…

Spare me the dramatic outrage – significantly from the Tories - over Lee Anderson.His racist remarks in the direction of London Mayor Sadiq Khan and Muslims all over the place stay consistent with the person Anderson is and the Tory…

Sir Keir Starmer may wish to acquaint himself with Devon Loch.Forty yards from the end of the 1956 Grand National, the racehorse appeared nailed on to win. But then his hind legs mysteriously buckled beneath him. He couldn’t get better.…

We’ve seen all of them. Panels, working teams, coalitions, job forces, summit ­conferences, the works. And nonetheless the UK’s children proceed to be victims of knife crime.While politicians parrot ready scripts, loopholes in laws permit…

Saturday morning felt as though I’d stepped out of a time machine. Especially after I watched the appalling scenes in Knowsley, Merseyside: A baying mob surrounding a hotel that is housing people seeking refuge in Britain. There were…

My better half joined her colleagues from the ­teaching profession ­striking in central London last week. She’d do it again. She’s proud of her long-term commitment to the kids she teaches. She cares about their academic wellbeing,…