I want us to vote ourselves out of this current mess but what happens if this is difficult or impossible?
If you’ve been a reader of this blog for any length of time, then you will know where I stand on the issue of…
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From Elsewhere: Neither Reform nor Restore are an answer.
The commentator Peter North often writes things that make the reader sit up and take notice. You may not agree with him for political…
I was very wrong about Kemi Badenoch.
When Kemi Badenoch became Conservative Party leader to say that I was unimpressed with her early performance would be somewhat of an understatement. I…
Quotes of the Day 27th January 2026 – On defections to Reform.
With the defection to the Reform Party of high profile Tories like Robert Jenrick and now Suella Braverman the Tory Party is now getting…
From Elsewhere: A return to Britain of the 1970’s could be on the cards but in a far far worse way.
Britain’s decline is now so obvious that not only does it attract negative comment from the US government but there are increasingly those, myself…
Well done Ms Badenoch. A politician that has started to identify one of the problems we suffer from.
I gave up on the Tories or at least on voting for or supporting the Tories back in 2020. I’d voted Tory in 2019…
From Elsewhere: Robert Jenrick shares his diagnosis of Britain’s problems.
Robert Jenrick the Shadow Secretary of State for Justice is better than many others in his party on the big issues of the day…
Quote of the Day 13th December 2024 – When the repellent politicians hold the levers of power.
Previously blogged at: https://peakd.com/britain/@mrfahrenheit211/quote-of-the-day-13th-december-2024-when-the-repellent-politicians-hold-the-levers-of-power I’m a great admirer of the writer and member of the Social Democratic Party Patrick O’Flynn. Mr O’Flynn primarily writes about the state…
Of course he’s not telling the truth about ‘protecting free speech’, he’s a Tory and his lips are moving.
I see that Mark Harper the Transport Secretary has pledged on the Sophie Ridge show on Sky that the Online Safety Bill currently making…
Quote of the Day – A litany of years of Tory Failures
A great series of comments from a Twitter user called ‘Lamps’ who very accurately has summed up just how badly the Tories have failed…
