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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.

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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…
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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,…
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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…
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The Post-Brexit Tory Doom

28/03/2019
In 1957, the newly appointed Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan, wrote a note to Michael Fraser, the director of the Conservative Research Department. “I am always hearing about the Middle Classes.…
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Signals of Contempt

21/03/201921/03/2019
Right. That's it. I've had enough. What follows may well turn into  Jonathan Pie-type expletive-riddled rant. I make no apologies to those sensitive flowers who might read this article and…
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Theresa May’s Great Divide

13/02/2019
In the early part of 2019, it would appear that Theresa May (without any apparent effort) has effectively sundered the Conservative Party into two irreconcilable groups. The first group is…
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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…
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Tory MPs and the UKIP Menace

25/09/2018
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…
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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…
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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…

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