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.

May’s Vichy Britain?

26/11/201826/11/2018

Thursday 15th November 2018 might perhaps go down in British political history as one to remember. More likely is that it will be remembered as only one of a series…

Conservation…

Do Buzzards eat Partridge?

31/10/201831/10/2018

In September, to great fanfare and publicity alarums, Chris Packham and George Monbiot released "A Peoples Manifesto for Wildlife". This wide-ranging document claims to having no party political bias, but…

Tory MPs and the UKIP Menace

In an earlier article, I suggested that there is an impending electoral disaster for the Conservatives on the scale of the 1997 General Election - i.e. a potential loss of…

A Landscape of Fear

24/09/201824/09/2018

First it was going to be outside in the street. The lectern was set up. The press pack were alerted. But it was only going to be two journos from…

The Quiet Revolution

12/09/201817/09/2018

A rarely spotted phenomenon, sometimes acknowledged by one or two of the more astute political pundits, is that the Labour Party has moved away from its core of working-class voters.…

The Post-Modernist Final Solution

21/08/201821/08/2018

Most of us are mystified by the current course of events. There seem to be so many contradictions in politics and elsewhere. In fact, many contradictions seem to have become…

Beyond Brexit…

Chequers, steamrollers and the little matter of votes.

24/07/201824/07/2018

Three days after Theresa May had imprisoned the entire Cabinet at Chequers and unleashed Olly Robbins to administer a day-long punishment beating, I received an e-mail from my local Conservative…

Beyond Brexit…

Theresa May’s Great Betrayal

18/07/201818/07/2018

Back in the day, before the arrival of William of Normandy, the Anglo-Saxons had a pretty straightforward set of principles for the governance of England. It was the duty of…

Beyond Brexit…

Conservative Apocalypse II

08/07/201808/07/2018

Sufficient detail of the agreement made at Chequers on Friday has now emerged to make some sort of preliminary judgement. It is looking as if the offer that the government…

Beyond Brexit…

Conservative Apocalypse? – Part 2, the Schedules.

05/07/201805/07/2018

"When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it sharpens his mind wonderfully." - Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784). Note 1 - Declaration of interest:…