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Politics: a tawdry affair

June 14, 2024 3:37 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

If you have a political party which, on the one hand, tells you it is going to set up a... View Article

Politics: an air of unreality

June 13, 2024 2:50 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

I think I’m bored and, if I’m not, I should be. It surely cannot be possible for any sentient being... View Article

Politics: limited currency

June 12, 2024 3:01 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

I really do not know the extent to which manifestos change voting intentions, but the fact that political parties keep... View Article

Politics: the waste-bin of history

June 11, 2024 2:22 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

It is manifesto time. The Lib-Dems produced theirs yesterday and, if they were a serious party of government, it would... View Article

Europe: moving to the Right

June 10, 2024 3:05 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

For the Remainers still complaining about Brexit, they maybe should be rejoicing as there is now at least one clear... View Article

Politics: a magical mystery tour

June 9, 2024 2:20 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

For all the grotesque hype attendant on the Farage mania, all the Telegraph is able to do with its latest... View Article

Politics: England for the English

June 8, 2024 3:13 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

In the end, “all politics is local”, a phrase commonly used in United States politics, where variations date back to... View Article

Media: missing in action

June 7, 2024 3:45 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

If anyone wanted an example of the baleful influence of the Muslim vote, they only need to look at this... View Article

Politics: a party within the parties

June 6, 2024 4:00 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

Slightly less well-known nationally than Nigel Farage, but possibly with an equal if not better chance of getting elected, is... View Article

Politics: struggling in the dark

June 5, 2024 3:11 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

I didn’t watch the first of the great “Starnak” debates, although I gather – with absolutely no sense of surprise... View Article

Politics: Clacton revisited

June 4, 2024 2:25 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

Electorally, and in every other sense, Clacton is a backwater. Even the seagulls need GPS to find it. But the... View Article

Politics: the accumulation of oddities

June 3, 2024 4:00 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

If I wasn’t so confident in my own analyses, my unease during this election campaign would by now have degenerated... View Article

Media: departure from the real world

June 2, 2024 3:27 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

It is an interesting reflection of the times that George Galloway, recently re-elected as MP for Rochdale, and his Workers... View Article

Politics: polls apart

June 1, 2024 2:58 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

I’m beginning to get the same sort of feeling that gripped me during the period after the EU referendum, when... View Article

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