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NHS Hospital Scandals – Truth, Whitewash or Scapegoating?
Whistleblowing doctors sacked after a spate of unnecessary patient deaths, …
Politics
A Sausage to Fortune
We’ve refrained so far from referring to ‘sausagegate’ in these pages. After all, anyone can make a mistake. Many of …
How Deep Is Your Trough?
Ennobled by Tony Blair, Lord Waheed Ali was the first ‘openly’ gay member of the House of Lords. He also …
Farage Backslides on Islam
(Photograph: Laurie Noble, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons) Twenty-four hours is famously a long time in politics. Presumably …
The Frank Report
The Frank Report LXXXI
Welcome to the latest edition of The Frank Report where, contrary to form, the laughs are a bit thin on …
The Frank Report LXXX
This week saw the opening of Parliament, and the swearing in of MPs old and new. Freshly-appointed Minister for Jihad, …
The Frank Report LXXIX
I am most grateful to all the fans of The Frank Report, who have written in to demand its reinstatement. …
Guest Posts
Why the GP Won’t See You Now
I recently had blood tests for four issues that I thought it worth checking – blood sugar levels, liver function, …
We Are Where We Are
There is an old joke about a Dubliner, who is lost in the Irish countryside on his way to his …
Time to Put the NHS to Bed
That the NHS at the time of writing has a waiting list for treatment of over 7 million patients is …
Letters To The Editor
Who Exactly Hates Britain?
Dear Editor, On April the 21st the Sunday Times published an article in which an anonymous teacher wrote that, when he …
Readers’ Forum
Dear readers, as the TNC inbox is now getting more traffic, we hope to make reader letters a regular feature. …
Graham Linehan: Why Play the Progressives’ Game?
(Photograph: Stew Dean from London, United Kingdom, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons) Dear Sir, What could do more …
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An Interview with Mark Steyn (Part II)
(Photograph: manningcentre, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons) In case you missed it, you’ll no doubt enjoy Part I …
An Interview with Mark Steyn (Part I)
(Photograph: manningcentre, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons) Mark Steyn is the bestselling author of many books, including America Alone, After …
Interview With Reform UK Leader Richard Tice
(Photograph: Derek Bennett, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons) Richard Tice has taken Reform UK from just 3% in …
Rants
Olympic Overload
There is something new in my house. Silence! For the last three weeks the telly has been on morning, noon …
Never Dull in Hull
They say ‘It’s never dull in Hull’. Whoever ‘they’ are, clearly haven’t yet clocked the dreadful weather that this east …
The Insurance Racket
Keen-eyed readers may have noticed my absence of late – nothing more serious than taking a chill pill (actually a …
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