Beyond Brexit… Richmond by-election: Why the Liberal Democrats should be worried. 03/12/201603/12/2016 It's very sad that Zac Goldsmith - a very good and honourable MP - has lost his seat in the Richmond Park by-election. He always said that he would resign…
Beyond Brexit… There is no Plan! Where is the Plan? 28/11/2016 One of the more persistent memes since the referendum has been the regular claim that the government has no plan as to how it intends to negotiate our exit from…
Environment… Flooding, maize and undersowing. 28/11/2016 It has been raining a lot throughout England and Wales just recently. According to the map below (H/T Phil Latham) parts of Devon, Dorset and throughout the Midlands, there has…
Common Agricultural Policy… Where is the Soil Association going with all this? An open letter to Helen Browning. 23/11/2016 [As an explanatory note: Helen Browning OBE is Chief Executive of the Soil Association.] Dear Helen, A few days ago, the Soil Association tweeted a message about the advantages of…
BBC Are BBC TV licence fee numbers dropping off a cliff? 19/11/2016 It has become noticeable on Twitter of late that criticism of the BBC has intensified and become more widespread. My own television viewing stopped in 2012 and I have not…
Uncategorized Undersea turbines – are they friend or foe? 15/11/2016 I follow CECHR - a twitter account run on behalf of the University of Dundee. It is an environmental department within the university and frequently tweets pictures of stuff of…
Beyond Brexit… Is Nigel Farage racist? 12/11/201612/11/2016 On Thursday morning, Jolyon Maugham QC accused the leaders of the Brexit campaign of racism in a tweet to Tim Montgomerie. When I challenged him to name those whom he thought…
Beyond Brexit The puncturing of Finn’s fantasy – British exceptionalism and the aching disappointment of Brexit – Part 2. 01/09/201601/09/2016 We could, I suppose, reject the whole of Dr Finn's article as just another outpouring of a left-wing academic who has been disappointed by the choice of the electorate. Even…
Beyond Brexit Dr Mike Finn, British exceptionalism and the aching disappointment of Brexit – Part 1. 01/09/201601/09/2016 I am indebted to @LSEBrexitvote and @GeorgePeretzQC for bringing this, by Dr Mike Finn of Warwick University, to my attention. A quick scan through it revealed a number of statements…
Brexit… IpsosMORI – we need to talk about your tiny sample size. 24/05/201624/05/2016 Summary and Conclusions The EU referendum on 23rd June is attracting a great deal of media attention. With it has come a continuous flurry of polls from the mainstream polling…