6 June 2024 What A Liberty by J.R. Thomas This election was in the boring phase, but an event last week did liven it up. And the candidate for high office really should have known better. What a fool to suggests such a thing to such an audience. No, not Rishi and his national service… Continue reading What A Liberty
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Wokery in Schools
6 June 2024 Wokery in Schools Lines of delegation. By John Watson Of course it has put the cat among the pigeons. The Government can hardly have hoped that its new guidelines that schools must not teach children that they can change their gender identity and should avoid “explicit” conversations about sex until they reach… Continue reading Wokery in Schools
A Dog’s Dinner
6 June 2024 A Dog’s Dinner by Paul Branch This past week we have had the pleasure of a house guest to brighten our humdrum lives – Timmy the Cairn terrier has been taking a break from his usual family and revelling in his vibrant Cotswolds surroundings. Timmy is four years old, approaching his prime… Continue reading A Dog’s Dinner
Post Box Politics
6 June 2024 Post Box Politics A tale of two kingdoms. By Neil Tidmarsh This week I’m in Edinburgh and yesterday I visited one of Auld Reekie’s most interesting and significant monuments. No, I didn’t go to Edinburgh Castle at one end of the Royal Mile, or to the Palace of Holyroodhouse or to the… Continue reading Post Box Politics
Zionism
6 June 2024 Zionism Where it fits in by David Emanuel As the conflict in Gaza continues to send ripples throughout the world the fact that Jewish students in the UK feel unable to go to university because of pro-Palestinian protests uncovers an issue that runs far deeper than a few aggrieved individuals. Targeting Jews… Continue reading Zionism
Cartoons
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Public Utilities
2 May 2024 Public Utilities Making bets. By John Watson No one can see the film about Mr Bates and the Post Office without being angry so naturally I vented my fury on my wife. It was she what did it, I shouted. A company, however big, is only the aggregate of its members and… Continue reading Public Utilities
Fools, Fools, Fools
2 May 2024 Fools, Fools, Fools by J.R.Thomas Angela Rayner may have lacked political nous in the way she handled her tax affairs, but she is as nothing compared with the absurd and foolish pack of Tory hounds out to drag Sir Keir’s foxy deputy to the ground for what are, let’s face it, at… Continue reading Fools, Fools, Fools
Honeytraps
2 May 2024 Honeytraps Sex and politics. By Robert Kilconner At last the mystery is solved. After years of wondering, we begin to understand why people decide to make politics their career. It isn’t the money. We already knew that. £91,346, the annual salary of an MP, sounds quite pleasant but palls beside the amounts… Continue reading Honeytraps
Rearmament
2 May 2024 Rearmament More like the 1860’s than the 1930’s? By Neil Tidmarsh. “The Russians are coming. Today Ukraine, tomorrow Poland, Germany, France, Britain… Putin has put his country on war-footing and he’s heading this way, driven by megalomania, paranoia, ambition and resentment. And we’re not ready for him. We must rearm. It’s just… Continue reading Rearmament
Cricket, Chaos, and the Carnage
2 May 2024 Cricket, Chaos, and the Carnage of Commentary by Andrew Watson The cricket season beckons, and a shiver runs down my spine – not excitement, but the chill of foretold disaster. Once, I loved the game. Now, the thought of a mere village match makes me cringe with secondhand embarrassment. Why? It’s not… Continue reading Cricket, Chaos, and the Carnage
Where am I …. ?
2 May 2024 Where am I …. ? By Paul Branch We’ve all had the jocular holiday pilot experience: “Fasten your seatbelts folks … we’ll be landing in ten minutes at Geneva airport”. Startled looks from the back of the plane, worried whispering, buttons being pressed to summon a steward. And then: “Apologies folks, my… Continue reading Where am I …. ?
Labour
4 April 2024 Labour Big tent or division? By Robert Kilconner The clock strikes 13 times, the smile is a bit too ready, the assurance that this time it will be different – all warning signs that things are not as good as they seem, that the ice is thinner than you thought and that… Continue reading Labour
