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,…
UK Politics
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…
Union Pacific
Union Pacific. No, I’m not talking about Cecil B DeMille’s 1939 classic starring Barbara Stanwyck. I’m referring to yesterday’s declaration…
Gary!
‘Strangers on the Shore’ is the penultimate episode of the evergreen classic ‘Only Fools and Horses’. During the course of…
….but Words Shall Never Harm Me
From Lee Anderson MP @LeeAndersonMP_ Deeply Offensive. This cartoon of me doing the rounds is typical of how the left will…
Just how will the Prime Minister’s most important Promise work out?
Rishi Sunak made five promises to the electorate, but the one upon which he will be judged is the last…
The political resurrection of Boris Johnson?
Despite having to resign as Prime Minister in July 2022 over all those unfortunate “memory lapses” concerning Lockdown Parties, and…