The Centre Isn’t Holding
March 4, 2026
After so many U-turns, we can extend the Prime Minister the charity of precision. Having already committed 15 or 16, the marginal political benefit of
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The Skeleton Theory of Politics
February 17, 2026
Relax. Only a week to go. The Winter Olympics will come to and end, and we will have another four peaceful years in which curling
Rap Battle Politics
December 13, 2025
“Absolutely brutal” was the GBNews verdict on Kemi Badenoch’s attack on Keir Starmer at Prime Minister’s Questions. Long seen as the Voice of Farage, the
The Meaning of Hate
December 10, 2025
In November, the Daily Sceptic reported that a policeman had told a Christian preacher that some words painted on his van “could be seen as hate
Dear Prime Minister
July 8, 2025
03 July 2025 Rt.Hon Sir Keir Starmer MP, Prime Minister, 10 Downing Street, London, SW1A 1AA. Dear Prime Minister, Thank you for your
Go For Growth
December 7, 2024
As a country, our GDP per capita has been virtually static for a number of years now. Overall, GDP has increased slowly – thanks to
A Very Wooden Cabinet
September 23, 2024
Things are getting so bad in the UK under the Starmer Labour government, that it almost (almost) makes you hanker after the bumbling incompetence which
A Rethink on Education
June 2, 2024
The Education Manifesto of the Some-Other Party The state, parents and education The character of its education is one of the things that defines a
Scottish National Police Timewasters
April 12, 2024
I have very limited experience with the Scottish police, which is as it should be in a free society. They are invariably pleasant, polite and