Immigration: groaning under the weight
July 31, 2025 2:21 am Post a CommentAccording to an ONS press release issued yesterday, the population of England and Wales continued to grow in the year... View Article
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Politics: in the shade of Qana
July 30, 2025 3:16 am Post a CommentIt is fair to say that the very last thing I want to be writing about on this blog is... View Article
Politics: the darker side
July 29, 2025 2:52 am Post a CommentMark Steyn, formerly the enfant terrible of the Telegraph, has published a piece on his blog yesterday headed “Britain on... View Article
Media: news values
July 28, 2025 3:57 am Post a CommentAs one who finds in football the ultimate expression of tedium, I nevertheless have no objection to others indulging in... View Article
Politics: policing the people
July 27, 2025 2:00 am Post a CommentIt would seem that the staggering incompetence of the MoD over the Afghan scandal knows no limits as the Telegraph... View Article
Politics: part of the problem
July 26, 2025 3:33 am Post a CommentThose who already hate Trump would probably disagree anyway, but it still doesn’t do any harm to have the US... View Article
Politics: party time
July 25, 2025 2:53 am Post a CommentDespite British politics “fraying at the edges”, it is instructive to note that the state broadcaster is unable to shrug... View Article
Politics: making a stand
July 24, 2025 3:11 am Post a CommentThe rather downbeat heading to yesterday’s piece was not so much a cry of despair as a statement of fact.... View Article
Politics: no hope
July 23, 2025 2:30 am Post a CommentThere’s a lot more to be said on the ECHR, and Pete is having another stab at it, pointing out... View Article
Politics: ECHR games
July 22, 2025 3:39 am Post a CommentOn paper, anyone can design a world-beating aircraft if they ignore the effects of gravity. In a similar fashion, in... View Article
Politics: back
July 21, 2025 2:04 am Post a CommentWell, we went to RIAT, the weather held out and we got back safely. Pete has downloaded his pics and... View Article
Politics: the limit of tolerance
July 19, 2025 3:29 am Post a CommentYou have to give it to the Telegraph. While lefty rags like the Guardian are doing their best to bury... View Article
Politics: conclusions
July 18, 2025 3:54 am Post a CommentAs a boy, I knew Epping well. Each autumn, our whole family would decamp from our top-floor flat in Stamford... View Article
Politics: official incompetence
July 17, 2025 3:13 am Post a CommentWhen a story as big and as complicated as the “Afghan leak” breaks cover, with hundreds of journalists at the... View Article
Politics: nail in the coffin
July 16, 2025 2:53 am Post a CommentBen Wallace can say all he likes about the events which led up to us – the British people –... View Article
Politics: sign or outlier?
July 15, 2025 2:54 am Post a CommentThe Spanish drama continues with the news of a fire that destroyed the new mosque in the Barcelona town of... View Article
