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Watched a Labour Backbencher Explain Why Nationalising Yet Another Industry Will Definitely Work This Time and Genuinely Lost Count of the Caveats

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Watched a Labour Backbencher Explain Why Nationalising Yet Another Industry Will Definitely Work This Time and Genuinely Lost Count of the Caveats – Margaret Colley’s diary on watching familiar promises get dusted off yet again with total, unshaken confidence

Sat Through a Council Green Policy Presentation That Cost Considerably More Than It Was Ever Going to Save, According to the Council’s Own Numbers

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Sat Through a Council Green Policy Presentation That Cost Considerably More Than It Was Ever Going to Save, According to the Council’s Own Numbers – Margaret Colley’s diary on reading the actual small print of a flagship environmental initiative

Debated a Labour Councillor About Housing Targets for the Better Part of an Hour and We Ended Considerably Further Apart Than We Started

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Debated a Labour Councillor About Housing Targets for the Better Part of an Hour and We Ended Considerably Further Apart Than We Started – Margaret Colley’s diary on a genuinely difficult housing policy debate that sharpened rather than resolved our disagreement

Spent the Afternoon Reading a Labour MP’s Old University Essays That Somehow Resurfaced Online and the Contrast With His Current Position Was Genuinely Striking

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Spent the Afternoon Reading a Labour MP’s Old University Essays That Somehow Resurfaced Online and the Contrast With His Current Position Was Genuinely Striking – Margaret Colley’s diary on political consistency and one afternoon of genuinely revealing archival digging

Attended the Final Session of a Long-Running Committee Investigation Into a Green Grant Scheme and the Actual Conclusion Was Considerably Messier Than Any Headline Will Capture

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Attended the Final Session of a Long-Running Committee Investigation Into a Green Grant Scheme and the Actual Conclusion Was Considerably Messier Than Any Headline Will Capture – Margaret Colley’s diary on watching a genuinely thorough investigation conclude without a clean, satisfying verdict