Their Colonel Nicholson Moment?
‘The Bridge on the River Kwai’ is one of my favourite wartime movies. This 1957 classic, with an ensemble cast…
UK Politics
Anchor’s Away!
Yesterday afternoon, the sickly whiff of clichéd promises emanating from the chamber of Stormont like the gravy trail we used…
Like a Prayer
If there are any followers out there who’ve read about my scholastic childhood before, I’ll first offer my sincere apologies…
A Braver Man versus Spineless Cowards
Ever since Boris Johnson was unceremoniously dumped out of the Conservatives, our governing party has been making a concerted effort…
Isobel and the Tory Protection Racket
Isobel Oakshott points finger away from real culprit Note the blatant and rather transparent attempt to shift blame for the mass immigration to Wagner, and by extension…
Give Devo the Heave-ho!
When Tony Blair’s government launched their crusade to bring devolution to the United Kingdom after their landslide election in 1997,…
Taking the PiSsNI
One of the political campaigns I was proudest to be involved in was the effort to retain the name of…
A Letter to a Land Down Under
Following the decision of the Labor Party in Australia to pass a motion endorsing what they call ‘the reunification of…
Argy Bargy
According to the UK media (never paragons of accuracy), Monday will herald the beginning of the most visible manifestation of…
‘Same Shit, Different Colour’
It was an exciting atmosphere down in the newsrooms of Sky and the BBC on Thursday evening. The usual commentators…
Unstoppable Force; Immovable Object
Hamtramck. It’s a place in the United States most on here will not have heard of. In the heyday of…
Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Court
When I look at the fate that has befallen the former Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, I feel obliged to see…
Surface Dressing
If you’ve driven on the roads in Britain during the summertime, you’ll be familiar with a process road workers call…
In Which They Serve
When the whole furore surrounding allegations of bullying was first made against Dominic Raab, I was reminded of a scene…
Worthless Is a Thing Called Joe
When the late Ballard Berkeley played Major Gowen in the epic comedy series ‘Fawlty Towers’, we laughed at his bungling…