20 September 2018 A Turbulent Priest? Keep speaking, Welby. By John Watson It is the greatest fun; a bit like a parlour game really. Work out where God would stand in a political dispute and claim Him as your supporter. The Crusaders did it. The Borgia popes did it. Now the controversy over Justin Welby’s
20 September 2018 Trump The Second Test. By J R Thomas Now, concerning this chap Trump. No, we have not got our cricketers, tycoons, and politicians muddled up. Mr Trump is not noted for any interest in cricket (nor, until recently, for much interest in politics), but he is certainly facing a second test. And
20 September 2018 Own Goals Post World Cup Russia. By Neil Tidmarsh Headline of the week? “Man lied after shooting himself in the genitals”. It announced the curious story of Taylor Joseph Guthrie, 19, “a Missouri man who accidentally shot himself in the genitals while taking a gun from a car” in a trailer park.
20 September 2018 Thick as Pigshit Class War ballses it up. By Robert Kilconner Did he pay them or are they just thick? The Class War activists who decided it was a good idea to beard (if that is an appropriate expression in relation to children) Rees-Mogg’s children and nanny on his doorstep should surely
20 September 2018 ‘Whiter Than White’ And Black Sheep Tartuffe. By Lynda Goetz This week we heard that a senior police officer in the Met could be sacked for using the expression ‘whiter than white’. The origin of this expression is not really known, although many people would probably associate it with the washing powder Persil
20 September 2018 Diary of a Corbynista Labour prepares to implode by Don Urquhart 13 September At PMQ’s Jeremy Corbyn decided to go in on Universal Credit, majoring on the hardships its implementation was delivering to the vulnerable. It was a topic on Politics Live afterwards and Kemi Badenoch MP, a vice chair of the
20 September 2018 Watch wages Higher pay means higher interest rates. by Frank O’Nomics The US and the UK are not just 2 nations divided by a common language. They both have remarkably similar economies, particularly when it comes to labour (or labor) markets. Economic adherents of the Phillips Curve have long struggled with the
13 September 2018 Corbyn and the Cross A monk at heart. By John Watson It was of course inevitable that sooner or later the Labour Party would start throwing out the moderates to clear the way for a Momentum agenda, and the censuring of Joan Ryan by her local party is a part of that
13 September 2018 Education and After The classroom and the world. By Neil Tidmarsh What did the Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) and Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1856-1925) all have in common? Yes, yes, they all had spectacularly successful careers, of course – Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington, saved the
13 September 2018 Diary of a Corbynista Time to Switch by Don Urquhart 30 August Frank Field MP has resigned the Labour whip. He has been a member of the anti-Corbyn cabal for some time. This comprises Labour MP’s who have no future in the party while Corbyn is the leader, members of other parties,
