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New Year, New Hopes or Same Old, Same Old...?
Every January brings, for some, a determination to do things in a better way. Sometimes this is symbolic rather than specific but what...
A Government that can govern Part II
With all the results of the general election declared, the Conservative Party have a majority in the House of Commons of 80. This is a...
A Government that can govern
At 5.06 am this morning, Friday December 13, 2019, the Conservative party, led by Boris Johnson, passed the line at which he will have a...
Vote today; think carefully but vote
Today’s general election may well be one of, if not the most important elections in living memory. It is not for us to suggest how you...
Putting the Country First
Last night’s England victory over Montenegro provided a welcome relief (at least for football supporters) from the upcoming general...
The Real People's Vote Part Two
Anything said here, on Monday October 21, 2019, will become very rapidly out-of-date with each passing day this week. Even so, there are...
Time for a real 'people's vote'
Time for a real 'people's vote' The UK stands it would seem, on the brink; either it will leave the European Union on October 31 or it...
‘Quis custodiet ipsos custodies? Or who guards the guards?
Or (to translate the Roman poet Juvenal) Who Guards the Guards? The report by Sir Richard Henriques into the Metropolitan Police...
A Cautious Welcome or Just More Posturing
Outgoing EU President Jean-Claude Juncker has ‘acknowledged the positive advances’ in Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Withdrawal Agreement...
Misleading everybody
A persistent message is pushed remorselessly at everybody; avoid a 'No Deal' Brexit. Yet nobody is proposing one. If the UK leaves on...
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