Brexit… 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…
Brexit… 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.…
Corruption… The Post-Modernist Final Solution 21/08/201823/01/2019 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:…
Beyond Brexit… Conservative Apocalypse? A Risk Assessment for Conservative Constituencies. 08/06/201810/06/2018 Note 1: This article was first published in Country Squire Magazine on 8th June 2018. Note 2: Schedules 1 and 2 which are lists of Conservative MPs who have been…
Brexit… Lemmings in the Lords 06/05/2018 In the bleak tundra of the far north of Canada, Scandinavia and Russia, live a number of species of rodents which are very closely related to our more familiar voles.…
Leadership qualities… On the far side of the Vistula. 30/04/201830/04/2018 Every now and then, Twitter throws up some interesting stuff on my timeline. A few days ago, the image below was tweeted by an enthusiastic member of the Labour Party:…