Politics: disorder in the House
June 4, 2026 2:03 amLeave your thoughts
Entirely gratuitously (i.e., unasked) Stamer opened his session in yesterday’s PMQs with a reference to the Nowak controversy. “Henry Nowak’s... View Article
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Politics: “pure cold rage”
June 3, 2026 2:14 amSaid Shabana Mahmood, the Pakistani-heritage home secretary who believes herself to be an Englishwoman, “There have been accusations, I know,... View Article
Regulation: a failure of control
June 2, 2026 3:09 amNestled in the Telegraph today is a lengthy and instantly forgettable report under the title “The ballooning landfill sites making... View Article
Politics: the little things
June 1, 2026 2:37 amIf I suddenly go missing for a day, it can mean one of two things – either I’m dead or... View Article
Defence: better spent elsewhere?
May 31, 2026 1:56 amTo absolutely no-one’s surprise, the Sunday Telegraph is reporting that the “Typhoon fighter replacement faces years of delay”, telling us... View Article
Politics: unreality
May 30, 2026 3:31 amThe ultimate purpose of this blog is to make sense of things. Even if I had no readers at all,... View Article
Immigration: a lost generation
May 29, 2026 2:50 am“Job and career opportunities for young people are ‘not growing, they’re shrinking’, with one in six set to be out... View Article
Immigration: the writing on the wall
May 28, 2026 2:45 amPerhaps it’s the weather, or the deep-seated ennui blanketing our politics like a Los Angeles smog, but the atmosphere at... View Article
Politics: for want of a plan
May 27, 2026 3:07 amIt is more than a little ironic that Tony Blair should pop up at this particular juncture to announce that... View Article
Politics: decline of the Right
May 26, 2026 3:23 amSince there are still just over three weeks to go before the Makerfield by-election, set for 18 June, it is... View Article
Regulation: “invisible government” reprised
May 25, 2026 3:04 amFar from diving into my bunker with the aircon turned up to maximum – in anticipation of the Met Office’s... View Article
Immigration: way too high
May 24, 2026 2:48 amWhile we were away dealing with other things, the think tank Migration Watch has published a report on a survey... View Article
Defence: totally out of its league
May 23, 2026 3:15 amThe Telegraph is running a puff piece for the British Army with the headline reading: “Britain only has enough drones... View Article
Corporates: above the law
May 22, 2026 3:19 amWhen one of the main news stories of the day is chancellor Reeves’ cut VAT on theme park tickets, I... View Article
Politics: opportunities
May 21, 2026 3:16 amWell, the day came and went, but the Yorkshire Water cowboys (known as M Group Water) didn’t turn up to... View Article
Policing: missing the targets
May 20, 2026 2:40 amHaving been prominent in reporting into illegal mini-marts, vape shops and barbers, the BBC is preening itself following an announcement... View Article