How Keir Starmer lost a landslide
A forensic post-mortem on how a 411-seat majority built on a 34 percent vote collapsed into third place behind Reform in under two years, ending in Starmer's resignation on 22 June 2026.
Politics and policy across the EU, the UK and Malta
I write about the decisions that shape ordinary life across three systems I know well: the European Union, the United Kingdom and Malta. The economy and housing, governance and institutions, Europe and the single market, education, and the rules now being written for technology. No party lines on the open pages. The case is always made on the evidence.
Purpose
Excellence in how we are governed. Policy judged on whether it works, not how it sounds. The best ideas in the world, brought home.
I built this site around one belief: that politics and policy are at their best when they are judged on outcomes rather than slogans, and treated as one connected whole. My focus is excellence in how we are governed, real, practical, measurable, across the economy and housing, institutions and accountability, education, and the rules now being written for technology.
I read three systems against each other, the European Union, the United Kingdom and Malta, and I look outward as much as inward, drawing on the best policy I can find anywhere in the world, then asking what it would take to make it work here. The aim is simple: better decisions, stronger institutions, and a willingness to keep learning from whoever is governing best.
The single market, competitiveness and regulation, from the AI Act to the case for a bigger, smarter Union.
UKGovernance, the economy, and the gap between the country on paper and the one people feel.
MTHousing, education and growth on an island that keeps leaving its own advantages unused.
A forensic post-mortem on how a 411-seat majority built on a 34 percent vote collapsed into third place behind Reform in under two years, ending in Starmer's resignation on 22 June 2026.
Britain and Malta grew their economies by growing their populations. It flatters the headline and barely moves output per person. Real growth can come from productivity, participation and investment, but it is slower and harder.
Europe's AI rulebook has just been loosened and pushed back. For a small state like Malta, the delay is a window to build the capacity to implement well, not an excuse to do nothing.
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Some arguments land harder as a picture. A running series on politics and policy, in Malta and the UK.
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Why this site
Headlines move fast and explain little. I write slower pieces that take one decision at a time, set out the trade-offs honestly, and show the working. You will not always agree with me. You will always see how I got there.
More about my approachGrowth, productivity, jobs, the cost of living, and what actually moves them.
02Schools, training, lifelong learning, and skills as national infrastructure.
03The EU single market, regulation, and Malta’s place inside both.
04Rule of law, public administration, accountability, and trust.
05Civil society, work and wellbeing, technology, and the social fabric.
06The centre-right case, made openly, for Malta and the UK.
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