Politics: bought and paid for
July 31, 2021 2:44 am Post a CommentAn intriguing piece of work finds itself into the Financial Times entitled: “Inside Boris Johnson’s money network”. This lifts the lid on... View Article
An intriguing piece of work finds itself into the Financial Times entitled: “Inside Boris Johnson’s money network”. This lifts the lid on... View Article
Nobody wants to see migrants drowning in the sea. Only an actual psychopath would want that. But all the same,... View Article
On 14 April of this year, the newly-formed House of Lords European Affairs Committee set up a sub-committee on the... View Article
Long time readers will know I’ve been visceral in my attacks on Ukip over the years. My reasoning for doing... View Article
For the first time in a while, the Northern Ireland Protocol does not dominate the Brexit-related news and, as we... View Article
The denizens of Twitter are complaining that the RNLI has been dragged into the culture war. You’ll not be surprised... View Article
Just when you think the situation is settling into a predictable rut, something turns up which puts it on a... View Article
This evening I finally got round to watching Three Girls, a dramatisation of the events surrounding the Rochdale child sex abuse... View Article
Whatever could be in terms of a resolution of the Northern Ireland Protocol dispute, it is also evident that nothing rational is... View Article
I think it is fairly evident from my writing on this blog that I have little regard for Johnson’s train-wreck... View Article
What made Brexit necessary was that, whatever the policy agenda, we knew it was coming and there was nothing any... View Article
Notwithstanding the usual caveats about polls, it looks like the Tory lead is collapsing. The latest YouGov poll shows an... View Article
The Daily Mail’s intervention in the Northern Ireland Protocol debate was certainly timely, right down to the typically lurid headline: The EU... View Article
On 12 March of this year, the online newspaper iNews published an article headed: “Cadbury and McVitie’s exports to EU will need... View Article
People like easy answers that fit in with their prejudices – and they like people who are certain. Generally people... View Article
Just for once, HMG is breaking the mould. It is actually coming up some ideas of its own, instead of... View Article