Wulfstan's Ghost – Wulfstan the Homilist was bishop of London in 996 and then in 1002 was appointed Archbishop of York. He died in 1023.

Jesus, Marx and Greta Compared

09/03/202009/03/2020

Those of us conservatives, who sit on our park benches and watch and observe the political world go by - scurrying hither and thither, forming allegiances and breaking them up…

Political Debate…

Is The Guardian racist?

03/03/202007/03/2020

For the last four years or so, political battles have been fought, won and lost upon the Brexit issue. The punditry in the media have claimed that "Brexit has divided…

Political Debate…

The Attorney General, Cultural Marxism and the Frothing Left

20/02/202024/02/2020

In the recent cabinet reshuffle, Suella Braverman MP was promoted to Attorney General. In an ordinary world, this appointment would scarcely have registered in the consciousness of the mainstream and…

Winner Takes All

Background My analyses of Conservative held constituencies was conducted in July 2018. The first part of the two articles is here. The second part is here. These two articles, and…

The Treachery of Speaker Bercow

11/10/201911/10/2019

It appears that John Bercow, Speaker of the House of Commons, has been discussing the mechanics of leaving the EU directly with the President of the EU Parliament, David Sassoli.…

The likely fate of Cornwall Conservative MPs at the next election.

The above model shows what happens with a move away from Conservatives and towards the Brexit Party as the Conservatives are punished by the electorate for having failed to deliver…

The Triumph of Optimism

25/07/201925/07/2019

This article began in the pub. The sun was shining upon North Cornwall and Wadebridge was looking lovely. Jon and I were sitting and discussing the election of Boris as…

Michael Gove is an Honourable Man

10/06/201910/06/2019

There are a large number of characters from classical literature who have wielded the knife and slaughtered their own allies. Shakespeare’s plays alone produce several such charmers: Macbeth, Richard III,…

Postmodernism made simple

01/06/201902/06/2019

The failure of Soviet communism was beginning to become obvious in the 1960s, as the slaughter and repression of the preceding decades slowly became more widely known in the West.…

The Modern Perils of Burke’s Bristol Speech

07/04/201908/04/2019

Update: This article has been re-published in Country Squire Magazine under the title "Let them Eat Cake". After the referendum and the General Election which followed it, both of the…