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
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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
A Country for Old Men
4 April 2024 A Country for Old Men by J.R. Thomas One more old man, anyway… to add to that terrible twosome. Last time though, we promised an update on the results of Super-Tuesday, thoughtlessly run just as the Shaw Sheet went to press, so first, let’s do that. It was hardly a shock result. … Continue reading A Country for Old Men
Conservative Confusion
4 April 2024 Conservative Confusion A matter of trust. By Lynda Goetz It is not unfair to say that the current Conservative party appears to have no real idea what it stands for. Its supporters, both long-standing and those more recently converted (or at least lending their votes to the party) seem to be deserting… Continue reading Conservative Confusion
Abbott and Hester
4 April 2024 Abbott and Hester Not at all fair. By John Watson I have no sympathy for the politics of Diane Abbott and nor, I think, do those who run the Labour party. That is presumably why they used the comments she made in a letter she wrote to the Observer as grounds for… Continue reading Abbott and Hester
Who Was George Downing?
4 April 2024 Who Was George Downing? Founding fathers. By Neil Tidmarsh Exasperated by the lack of talent in today’s Westminster? Tired of the mediocrity and dullness of modern politicians? Bored by the forgone conclusion of the forthcoming general election (whenever that might happen – but do we care – plus ca change etc etc)?… Continue reading Who Was George Downing?
Diary of a Corbynista
4 April 2024 Diary of a Corbynista Larry for PM by Don Urquhart 11 March 2024 Listening to the Oscar winners this morning I was astonished at how many of the movies I had seen. Oppenheimer won 7 awards with Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Junior shoo-ins. I am a sucker for films about famous… Continue reading Diary of a Corbynista
When I Get Older….
4 April 2024 When I Get Older…. By Paul Branch There’s not a lot to be said for getting old. Try as I might, the promised benefits and enjoyments of advancing years don’t seem quite so attractive now that Old Age has actually happened. Freedom from worry was one happy circumstance to look forward to,… Continue reading When I Get Older….
