3 November 2022 Diversity Gone Mad Illustrated by Freeports by Don Urquhart Jacob Rees-Mogg let the cat out of the bag 3 years ago when responding to a parliamentary question posed by Sir Oliver Letwin: My hon. Friend makes a characteristically Wykehamist point: highly intelligent but fundamentally wrong. I must confess that I have sometimes thought my… Continue reading Diversity Gone Mad
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How long have we got?
3 November 2022 How long have we got? Paul Branch Time in politics seems to be getting shorter, with Liz Truss having set a new world record for time in office. Young Liz spent her secondary school years in Leeds, the site of an earlier very similar record, that of a football manager — Brian… Continue reading How long have we got?
Sunak
27 October 2022 Sunak Time to bind in. By John Watson As Sunak coasted to victory, two interrelated comments made in the course of the leadership campaign threw an odd light on British politics. The first was made by Liz Truss who, following her resignation, said to Downing Street staff: “at least I’ve been PM”.… Continue reading Sunak
Liz Truss & President Xi
27 October 2022 Liz Truss and President Xi Market reactions. By Neil Tidmarsh The leader, newly-appointed for a new term in office, introduces the new government and unveils their new plan for the economy. Result? The financial markets are spooked, shares plunge to a 13 year low, the currency hits its weakest level in 15… Continue reading Liz Truss & President Xi
Avian Flu
27 October 2022 Avian Flu A Concern? By Lynda Goetz When I went to the supermarket the other day there were no eggs in the usual place. I did not really attribute huge significance to this, since it not unusual to find items have been moved around (to make you go past other displays, of… Continue reading Avian Flu
General Strikes
27 October 2022 General Strikes Coming our way by Don Urquhart The General Strike in 1926 was broken by the combined efforts of “special constables” and the army. In 2023 we might see a repeat. There is no enthusiasm among workers for austerity or “difficult decisions” as it is often described. The markets seem to… Continue reading General Strikes
Suella’s Luck
27 October 2022 Suella’s Luck The Braverman way. By Robert Kilconner Suella Braverman is a very lucky woman. Not lucky in everything, of course. To be christened Sue-Ellen after a character in a soap is an unfortunate start to life but then no one could criticise her for a decision in which she presumably had… Continue reading Suella’s Luck
Such Sweet Sorrow
27 October 2022 Such Sweet Sorrow by Paul Branch With all the focus now on the newly-crowned king Rishi, spare a thought for Boris Johnson left languishing in the shadows, still unkempt but apparently now also unwanted. It was with an ebullient and indeed bullish Hasta la vista, baby that our last but one Prime… Continue reading Such Sweet Sorrow
Votes For Quadrupeds
20 October 2022 Votes For Quadrupeds Join the party. By John Watson It’s the trouble, you see, with giving domestic animals the vote. I have never seen the full register of Conservative party members but I’ll bet you there are a few dogs and cats on there. When I was at university a friend of… Continue reading Votes For Quadrupeds
You’re Hired
19 October 2022 You’re Hired Mr Hunt by J.R. Thomas Ms Truss, who walked through a door five weeks ago to find the sky on her head, must be wishing she… (bear with me, this is not Michael Gove again…) Wishing what? Well, presumably not that she could take early retirement and buy that idyllic… Continue reading You’re Hired
A Change of Atmosphere
20 October 2022 A Change of Atmosphere Moxie on Mars. By Neil Tidmarsh Research published last month in the journal Science Advances revealed that an experimental device on Nasa’s rover ‘Perseverance’ has been successfully producing oxygen from the atmosphere on the planet Mars since the mission landed there almost two years ago. The atmosphere on… Continue reading A Change of Atmosphere
Cosmic Events
20 October 2022 Cosmic Events Unrest in Galactic Senate? by Don Urquhart When informed that only two man-made constructions could be seen from the moon and that they were The Great Wall of China and the holes in the Arsenal defence, I accepted this as fact. My team was going through one of many bad… Continue reading Cosmic Events
Dear, Oh Dear
20 October 2022 Dear, Oh Dear by Paul Branch Just three little words, spoken by our brand new monarch to our barely-out-of-the-box Prime Minister. An expression of sympathy perhaps as young Liz curtsied before Charles at her first meeting with the King, after a particularly bruising PMQ session? Or possibly his apology for an inadvertent… Continue reading Dear, Oh Dear
