From Elsewhere: The ego has landed. Gina takes a bow to an almost empty room.
The ego of arch Remainer Gina Miller landed in London recently with a press conference to launch her new political party called ‘True and…
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Quote of the Day 13th January 2022 – A person who should not merit cheers
Apparently some MP’s cheered the convicted criminal and acid attack threat maker Claudia Webbe when she returned to the House of Commons recently. The…
From Elsewhere: Good to see some wrong’uns getting some negative media attention.
I was pleasantly surprised this morning to find when I opened up the page of The Critic magazine, which is something I do when…
The party slinging mud does not have clean hands themselves.
I must admit that I have been really disappointed with Boris Johnson’s government. After getting such a massive majority in 2019, we should have…
From Elsewhere: Could a ‘revolt from the Right’ destroy Boris Johnson?
That is the question being posed by Matthew Goodwin, professor of politics at Kent University. He believes that Boris Johnson is in a very…
Is there a case for paying MP’s more?
Britain currently has a pretty bad crop of Members of the House of Commons. Second, or in the case of Richard Burgon and Claudia…
Quote of the Day 07th January 2022. A sensible comment from a thoughtful individual.
One of the benefits and the curses of the Jury system in criminal law is that occasionally juries will turn out perverse verdicts. A…
From Elsewhere: An Observer writer gets it.
I try to read as widely as possible, both those publications whose views I agree with and those with whom I do not. This…
Former Peer convicted of historic child abuse.
The case of former House of Lords member Baron Nazir Ahmed of Rotherham who has now been convicted of attempted rapes carried out in…
A lot of fuss over something with a precedent.
I’d like to start this piece off by saying that although like many others I voted for Tony Blair in 1997, primarily because of…
