Hogarth’s ‘Gin Lane’ redux for 21st century London
Sometimes there comes along an image, whether moving or still, photographed or drawn in ink, that sums up a place, a situation and a…
Britain
From Elsewhere. The House of Lords at its best. Standing up to alleged electoral corrupters.
I found an article over on the centre Left blog Harry’s Place recently on the subject of the upcoming local elections in Tower Hamlets….
A rare outbreak of common sense from the Scottish judicial system.
It is illustrative of the madness of the Scottish legal system and its love affair with increasingly oppressive ‘hate speech’ laws that a woman…
A derisory sentence for political vandals
The eco-terrorists of Extinction Rebellion have been a massive pain in the arse for Londoners over the last few years. These self entitled thugs,…
Mad Uncle Piers escapes from his padded basement again.
Piers Corbyn used to be a sort of lovable eccentric. He has a history of working with the squatting movement in London in the…
Another one. Second Met officer charged with rape.
Whilst it needs to be said that any large organisation could reasonably be said to have in its employ the occasional wrong’un, the record…
It’s good to see an MP speak up about this issue.
The Conservative MP for Ashfield Lee Anderson has done what many of us wished more politicians would do and which is to speak out…
Wither British politics? Are there alternatives to the Big Two parties.
PART ONE – Where we are now and how did we get here? Since the dawn of universal male and female suffrage in in…
An almost inevitable occurrence.
When police are withdrawn from a situation where extremists are hindering members of the public or worse where the police haven’t even been properly…
‘Eye watering ‘ sums of money wasted.
It appears that more information is coming out about Test and Trace. That information is really not good. According to a report issued by…
