Roger Mendonça

After May’s general election, it appeared everyone in the party who tweeted or blogged was sure they knew why Labour had lost. By some weird coincidence, these opinions always seemed to mirror the prejudices of the author. You know the type…

A solidly working class friend of mine surprised me the other day. “I like that Nigel Farage,” he said. “He’s an ordinary bloke - just like me.” As I know my friend is not a millionaire professional politician, has never worked for an…