Politics: “difficult but fair”
December 31, 2022 2:55 am Post a CommentIn the dying days of 2022, the only thing we can say of the year is that we’d have been... View Article
In the dying days of 2022, the only thing we can say of the year is that we’d have been... View Article
Two million or so homeowners, seeking to renew their mortgages next year, face an average annual increase of £3,000 in... View Article
A week ago, Commons speaker Lindsay Hoyle was interviewed on Radio 4’s World at One programme. I didn’t listen to... View Article
Fraud is the most commonly experienced crime in England and Wales today, says the House of Lords Digital Fraud Committee,... View Article
Irresistible bait from Gen. Richard Dannat posits that those who thought at this time last year that Vladimir Putin would... View Article
“I’ve recently been meeting people who worked for Truss in that astonishing landmine of an administration, asking them what went... View Article
On this, the 19th consecutive year that I have posted Christmas greetings on this blog, and its predecessor, EUReferendum, I... View Article
Three sides make a triangle, I suppose. In my piece the other day on “outrage porn”, I referred briefly to... View Article
On 21 December, the Washington Post ran a major article headed: “Winter storm to trigger dangerous blizzard, high winds and... View Article
While, quite rightly, the media obsesses about the ambulance crews’ strike and the immediate aftermath, noises off in some quarters... View Article
I’m old enough to remember Harold Wilson’s famous “beer and sandwiches” approach to dealing with the unions. Ultimately, as history... View Article
There is something very odd going on inside Nick Timothy’s head. While we are looking at doom and destruction all... View Article
I wish that I could get interested in what seems to be a surge support for the late, unlamented prime... View Article
Arguably, a vibrant debate in the media over important issues is a good thing – an essential tenet of what... View Article
Listening to Sunak yesterday, talking to the BBC in Belfast about the nurses’ strike, one gets the impression that he... View Article
It is perhaps a reflection of the irrelevance of the House of Commons that yesterday a debate was held on... View Article