[ad_1] One of my all time favourite general election constituency results is the one above which shows the absurdity of the first past the post system. Despite being elected as Labour leader under the alternative vote system Starmer has no…
[ad_1] Rachel Reeves tenure as Chancellor reminds me of a Yodel driver, both rarely deliver and when they do it usually is a bit of a disaster. Her’s and Labour’s economic chickens are coming home to roost, they spent the…
[ad_1] Our Parliament is filled with new MPs with little or no experience of how to legislate. Or experience of the consequences of getting new laws wrong. There is, however, one law they need to understand above all…. It was…
[ad_1] Let me start this article with a question. What is this building in the picture above’s age? The answer depends on your perspective. The building is called The House of the Blackheads and is in Riga, Latvia. It was…
[ad_1] The screen grab above is from yesterday’s Sunday Times, like most of Starmer’s inner circle I think this is a bananas ideas for several reasons. Let us say that Badenoch proves to be a disappointment and is replaced, a…
[ad_1] This is what I wrote in a header in July 2021 about the Online Safety Bill – now the Online Safety Act 2023. This introduces the novel and alarming principle that internet companies should have a “duty of care”…
[ad_1] Many years ago the late Charles Stallard, father of the current Bishop of Llandaff and much the wisest man I have ever known, said to me that while a loyal Liberal Democrat he would probably vote for any party…
[ad_1] With all the demands for yet another inquiry, let’s look at the history of previous ones. Five days after the Aberfan tragedy, a Tribunal was set up. It sat for 76 days – the longest inquiry for its type…
[ad_1] Unmacho, but a great gaslighter of the most gullible among us. HE WILL TAKE CREDIT FOR ANYTHING, EVEN WHEN IT’S BLATANTLY NOT TRUE. FACTS MATTER, CHARACTER MATTERS, HONESTY MATTERS, AND RULE OF LAW MATTERS TO THOSE WHO SEE THROUGH…
[ad_1] Picture – Matthaeus Loder – The Card Layer – Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg Last year’s PB Predictions Competition proved to be somewhat like Winston Churchill: popular but very difficult. In true Churchillian ‘never-say-die’ spirit we thought you might like to…