As Labour unveils its plans to tackle the energy price rises crisis are all political parties simply tinkering with a broken, privatised utilities system?
Keir Starmer looks as if he’s ignored even the modest proposal from Gordon Brown to bring the Big Six energy companies into temporary public ownership in favour of a price cap freeze across the board.
Why has he rejected what, according to opinion polls, would be popular voters and what are the flaws in his plan?
Meanwhile, as the energy producers rake in massive profits and reap the benefits of the UK tax system no political party seems willing to back any form of public ownership.
Will the Scottish government bring us in line with all other developed countries and raise the age kids start school to six?
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The Tory leadership candidates are in Perth for their sole Scottish hustings.
Both have issued their challenges to the SNP focusing on greater “scrutiny” of both the civil service and the Scottish government.
These hardly seem rallying cries for the unionist faithful in fighting the drive towards independence. While in the wings two thirds of their supporters would welcome the return of Boris Johnson as Prime Minister.
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