I found myself, as the House of Windsor crumbled around our late and recently departed Queen Elizabeth II, increasingly toying with the idea that perhaps republicanism is not such a bad idea after all. As a former member of HM armed forces and a person of conservative values, I have always felt that we should […]
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In March 2021, writing about army cutbacks, I joked that far from being able to take back the Falklands now we would be unable to take back the Isle of Man. Turns out I was right. The ill-fated aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales, en route to join the US fleet for exercises, broke down
A new word entered the lexicon in the early days of the Covid scandal – ‘Covidiot’. Initially defined as those who endangered the lives of others, the term fast became applied to anyone who questioned the official Covid narrative. Anyone who dared suggest that we may have gone a teensy bit over the top with
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Free speech ain’t what it used to be. Thankfully, the good guys are still entitled to it. Twitter seems to have taken a leaf out of Sadiq Khan’s ‘vibrant diversity’ playbook, deciding that pretty much anything goes – so long as the target of said speech meets with approval. The Ayatollah Khamenei is still up
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I have thus far refrained from comment on last week’s attempted murder of Salman Rushdie. Primarily this was out of respect for Sir Salman, who in the immediate aftermath looked like he might not pull through. Heartened as I am to discover that this is not the case, I also wanted to gauge the extent
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That supreme basket case among economic basket cases, Scotland, may have turned its back on independence but that has not saved it from the ongoing madness of the SNP. People used to go to Scotland annually to the Fringe Festival to have a laugh at the comedians on show there. Now you don’t need to
It may come as a shock to readers to learn that pocket billiards, choking the chicken or bashing the bishop—choose your euphemism—is now a university level subject. It has always been available as an extracurricular activity but now it has officially moved to the mainstream, and someone is writing a PhD about it. Not only
Polishing the banister Read More »
Reluctant as I am to kick over a ladder I have recently climbed, it has to be said, British Universities aren’t what they used to be. Having worked in a series of them myself, one can’t help feeling they are reaching their sell by date. At the very least, their politically correct antics are making
A friend messaged me to say there was a report on the BBC News website about a tree hugging contest recently held in Scotland. I thought it was a joke and checked that the date was not April 1st. Then I checked Google, and it turned out to be true. To be precise, the inaugural
Tree hugging. What the hell next? Read More »
I first picked up a copy of The New Statesman at Glasgow Central Station on one of many trips I made between my parents’ home on the west coast of Scotland to Edinburgh where I was a student. I can’t recall the year, but it must have been during the editorial reign of Anthony Howard
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