Tag Archive: leadership contest

Politics: a stake through the heart

October 24, 2022 2:22 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

Well, it does begin to look as if we’ll see a “coronation” later today. Despite his bluster, it is quite... View Article

Politics: the supreme psychodrama

October 23, 2022 2:36 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

It is perhaps a truism that most political journalists have no real interest in politics – as in the development... View Article

Politics: the wages of sin

August 3, 2022 2:05 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

It is not so much the massive increase in BP profits that sticks in the craw, even if $8.5 billion... View Article

Politics: the public response

August 1, 2022 2:34 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

In normal times, should there be such things, Miss Trussed might just have received the kiss of death for her... View Article

Politics: decline and fall

July 30, 2022 2:42 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

I think I might have to reconsider the value of this Tory leadership contest. The shortlist of two has led... View Article

Politics: riding the tiger

July 29, 2022 2:08 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

In common with most of the the nation, I have limited tolerance for the Tory party hustings meetings, the first... View Article

Politics: so much hot air

July 28, 2022 1:53 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

In yesterday’s piece I railed against the “vacuous and unproductive” prattle from the Tory leadership candidates, and their failure to... View Article

Politics: empty vessels

July 27, 2022 1:56 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

At least, with the collapse of the presenter at the latest Tory leadership debate (an entirely natural reaction, given what... View Article

Politics: the pygmies prattle

July 26, 2022 2:28 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

I did watch the BBC shout-up between the wannabe Tory leaders last night, and I have to admit that I... View Article

Politics: Sushi does dinghies

July 25, 2022 1:48 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

Sushi has obviously been listening, and he’s been told that “our” asylum system is broken. The system is in disarray,... View Article

Politics: men without shame

July 24, 2022 1:47 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

The tedious grind of the Tory leadership contest has been briefly diverted by the shameless grandstanding of the man who... View Article

Politics: it still isn’t over yet

July 21, 2022 2:12 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

So, it is to be Miss Trussed versus Sushi, the terminally thick versus the bright but compromised. But the real... View Article

Climate change: the charade continues

July 19, 2022 2:08 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

Before the cultists renamed it a “climate emergency”, and before its transitional phase of “climate change”, it used to be... View Article

Politics: a rum kettle of fish

July 18, 2022 1:17 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

While the candidates for the Tory leadership tear each other apart, in an increasingly fractious contest, a real-life drama is... View Article

Politics: deadly games

July 17, 2022 2:12 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

From a purely personal point of view, I would like to return to my saturation coverage of the Ukraine war.... View Article

Politics: all is lost

July 16, 2022 1:36 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

If anyone had any doubts that the media collective is as out of touch as its political counterpart, we have... View Article

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