The New Conservative

Roger Watson

Downing Street

A Very Wooden Cabinet 

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 characterised the end of days of the Sunak ‘Conservative’ government. It was hard to believe that things were going to get any worse, but they did, and all the signs […]

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Heatwave

Heatwave Anyone? 

As I sit shivering in my garden office, debating with my wife whether it is time to put on the central heating, I try to conjure up the halcyon days of the summer of 2024 when we languished in the garden, cold beer in hand and the traditional handkerchiefs knotted round our heads. Except that

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Wasp

Man and Wasp

I have had a lifelong fear of wasps. I’m not sure where this unusually intense fear originated. Interestingly, it took many years before I was actually stung by one, and it turned out to be a minor event, like a needle prick. Although I have yet to be stung by a bee, they surprisingly don’t

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London Bridge

Things Can Only Get Worser

If you have ever wondered what it is like being in the midst of a revolution just look around now. This may be a revolution in which the buildings are left standing, but it is a revolution, nevertheless. The ‘long march’ through the institutions was accomplished long ago and we are now witnessing the finishing

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Misogyny

‘Extreme Misogyny’

Snipers are in position, the vicinity is blockaded by police cars with blue lights flashing, the SAS are on standby, and a police helicopter is circling overhead. All eyes are on an apartment window about five storeys up and police officers are ready for the order to storm the building. “Anyway Sarge”, pipes up Constable

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White man in a jail cell

Starmer’s Red Dawn 

Keir Starmer must be remarkably stupid or remarkably brazen if he thinks that the British public cannot work out what he is up to. Perhaps he is both brazen and stupid. Operation Early Dawn, announced this week, will involve keeping prisoners waiting for court appearances in police cells for longer to make room for the

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Olympics

Olympic Overload

There is something new in my house. Silence! For the last three weeks the telly has been on morning, noon and night. The sound of breathless commentary, banal and repetitive exchanges between yesterday’s stars all against a background of cheering and crowd roaring has dominated. Mrs Watson is an Olympics nut and there’s hardly a

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