Looking the Other Way
May 10, 2025
“Well then, it should all just go away,” says the President in Tom Clancy’s Clear And Present Danger, the “it” in question being the secret
Politics
Reform Derangement Syndrome
May 7, 2025
It’s Brexit all over again. Democracy does what democracy has a habit of doing: putting those who have received the most votes into seats and
Keir Starmer: Authoritarian Without Authority
May 3, 2025
Unlike lower energy bills, winter fuel payments for pensioners and no tax rises for ‘working people’, Keir Starmer has finally discovered a manifesto pledge he
The Fatal Dance
April 30, 2025
The Parties did not, as someone once put it, send their best. Lower tier cabinet and shadow cabinet members turned up, along with the Lib
TNC Local Election Special 2025
April 30, 2025
Local government may not be the most exotic branch of politics, but following on from last year’s general election, Thursday’s local elections will provide the
The Terrible Trilemma
April 16, 2025
Giddy is not a word one would naturally associate with Rachel Reeves. She gives every impression of having been the sort of girl who dedicated
The Left’s Lying Eyes
April 6, 2025
The Left has a long, storied tradition of staring reality squarely in the face and refusing to believe their lying eyes. From the Soviet Union’s
An Open Letter to Keir Starmer
April 3, 2025
14 March 2025, Rt.Hon Sir Kier Starmer MP, Prime Minister, 10 Downing Street, London, SW1A 1AA. Dear Prime Minister, We all want
Who Is Really to Blame?
March 12, 2025
With Reform UK now in disarray and all hell breaking loose in Westminster while this government stumbles from one ghastly gaffe to another, who really