Political Debate Sleeping Giants II 19/12/202120/12/2021 For some time now, it has been apparent that something is happening in the world of politics. I don’t mean the stupid office parties during lockdown. What I mean is…
Political Debate Sleeping Giants 03/12/202103/12/2021 A few thoughts on the Old Bexley and Sidcup by-election on 2nd December 2021: This constituency, combining Bexley Heath and Sidcup was originally held by Sir Edward Heath from 1950…
Covid-19… Covid and the Black Death 05/08/202005/08/2020 Now that Covid is receding as a threat, and a slow return to some sort of normality is returning, people are beginning to wonder about the medium and long-term future.…
Censorship… 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…
Brexit… 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.…
Brexit… The likely fate of Cornwall Conservative MPs at the next election. 30/08/2019 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…
Brexit… 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…
Brexit… 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,…
