Politics

Politics:  a country in better shape?

July 16, 2026 3:36 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

As leader of the opposition heading a party that had just lost the 2019 election – the worst result since... View Article

Politics: murder most foul

July 15, 2026 3:25 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

I don’t think there’s a single Englishman alive who hasn’t fantasised about following in the footsteps of Guido Fawkes –... View Article

Politics: a martyr for the Right

July 14, 2026 3:21 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

After Southport, with the gruesome murders attributed to a “Welsh choirboy”, policing in England was thought to have dredged such... View Article

Politics: it isn’t fair

July 13, 2026 3:40 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

A man gets into his car in Rotherham, apparently with a murder weapon tucked into his pocket. He drives 270... View Article

Politics: the ultimate betrayal

July 12, 2026 3:24 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

It may be indelicate to say so, but the murder of Ann Widdecombe has proved rather convenient for Mr Farage,... View Article

Politics: the writing on the wall

July 11, 2026 3:21 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

The murder of Ann Widdecombe has rather turned the news agenda on its head today – and rightly so, even... View Article

Politics: not a serious party

July 10, 2026 3:21 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

One might have thought that the Farage storm would have abated by now, but not a bit of it. Most... View Article

Middle East: forever war?

July 9, 2026 3:04 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

It says something of British politics (and the media) that while open season has been declared against the Farage entity,... View Article

Politics: status unchanged

July 8, 2026 3:27 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

A thought occurs: why, if Farage is so certain that he has done no wrong, doesn’t he let Daniel Greenberg,... View Article

Politics: the Farage paradox

July 7, 2026 3:13 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

Contrary to received wisdom, the legacy media taking a tilt at Farage is not necessarily “what scrutiny looks like when... View Article

Politics: badly served

July 5, 2026 3:36 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

Once you start drilling down into the technology of defence equipment, the structure and organisation of fighting units, and the... View Article

Defence: disasters afloat

July 3, 2026 2:38 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

Looking at the train-wreck proposals for the Army in the Defence Investment Plan (DIP), as I was doing yesterday, it... View Article

Defence: pig in a poke

July 2, 2026 2:50 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

All too quickly, the defence “debate” – such that it is – has narrowed in the legacy media to become... View Article

Defence: DIPsh*t

July 1, 2026 3:00 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

Well, the long-awaited Defence Investment Plan (DIP) has been published, bringing the defence “community” out of their holes to dissect... View Article

Politics: Burnham has no right

June 30, 2026 3:21 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

Call me old-fashioned but I prefer politicians, when making formal speeches, to wear suits, with shirt and tie. I don’t... View Article

Defence: a reminder

June 29, 2026 2:58 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

It’s quite rare these days that I can read a story in the newspapers and say “I was there” –... View Article