So that loyal readers of The New Conservative do not have to, your intrepid correspondent test drove the UK National Health Service (NHS) this week. To set the scene, I faked a medical emergency at home by collapsing into an incoherent heap over the dining room table. Apparently my acting was so good that my […]
When I heard that Frederick Forsyth’s 1975 novella The Shepherd had been made into a Christmas film, I was uneasy and curious in equal measure. I was captivated by Forsyth’s 1971 The Day of the Jackal, both the book and the original film, but slightly less impressed by The Odessa File published in 1972. However,
Just as we were beginning to enjoy 2023, with all that it had to offer for the casual political observer and writer, 2024 is upon us. Heralded in by the Mullah of London proclaiming his magnificence to the world by letting off a few million quids’ worth of squibs, we’re off to a flying start
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Despite copious evidence to the contrary, rumours remain rife that Rishi Sunak is still Prime Minister and that the Conservatives are ‘in charge’ of the county. How can this be? Like a sky diver without a parachute, some areas of the country are descending into enforced cultural enrichment the likes of which Enoch Powell could
Christmas is a time for families, apparently. But don’t despair, there are some enjoyable aspects to it too. Who doesn’t like getting whooshed up on alcohol at breakfast time, especially if your Christmas is going to be a time for ‘the family’? Under the guise of bucks fizz we have the perfect excuse to neck
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Doctor Who, or Doctor WTF? as it should probably be called, is no stranger to these pages. With their black Scottish Doctor of ambiguous sexuality played by Ncuti Gadwa, they have already played the woke card at least once. I say ‘at least once’, as I hear they are at it again. And, like all
I was recently in Berlin and no visit is complete without a tour taking in the Berlin Wall, erected in 1961 by Soviet controlled communist East Germany. It was designed to ensure that the inhabitants of East Berlin could enjoy the delights of living in a communist country, whether they liked it or not, free
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The black slave trade is an inexcusable blight on Britain’s history, but to listen to some commentators, such as those affiliated with Black Lives Matter, you could be forgiven for thinking that it was still taking place or that it had only been abolished a few years ago. In the minds of many young people,
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Marks and Spencer, more than just a shop, a veritable British institution can usually expect to make a tidy profit at Christmas because folk like us like to spend our money there. Their displays of Christmas goods and, especially their food, are a joy to behold. Even without buying anything, a visit to M&S at
In China it appears you can take the peasant out of rural areas, but you cannot stop them being a peasant. Early in the last decade China initiated a project to move 250 million people from the rural areas to the cities; from shanties and small houses to the high rise apartments that characterise so
