11 April 2019 Helping the Planet But we need to try harder. By Lynda Goetz Last week The Telegraph April Fool’s Day article by ‘Flora Poil’ addressed the current difficulties for the public of distinguishing between reality and farce. The very next day, Jacob Rees-Mogg wrote in to their letters page to advise that, whilst
04 April 2019 Use The Bully Boys Save the environment. By John Watson Move a big stone in the garden and what do you find? If your garden is of the patio variety maybe not much at all, but if it is a good healthy country garden there will be life a plenty. Worms, slaters,
04 April 2019 “One Step Forward…” In a fix. By J R Thomas “…all those with safe jobs,” runs a variant of the old joke. “Not you, Theresa.” But first we must say, farewell, Dominic Grieve. Mr Grieve, patrician in appearance and behaviour, was briefly almost famous for being Attorney General under David Cameron until
4 April 2019 Diary of a Corbynista Save me, Jeremy! By Don Urquhart 28 March Independent Group MP Anna Soubry attempted to raise a point of order after The Speaker had announced the results of the indicative votes. As The Evening Standard reports, she was shouted down by the Tories opposite. It was reminiscent of
04 April 2019 April 01 Politics Names, clowns and presidents. By Neil Tidmarsh Change UK? The name was announced a day or two short of April 01, but there was something unlikely and amusing about it nevertheless. Was it some sort of joke? It’s still early days for the eleven breakaway MPs of the Independent
04 April 2019 House Price Protection Stress-free home ownership? By Frank O’Nomics Are you worried about a bear market for house prices? You probably should be. If a recession is defined as two consecutive quarters of negative growth, then that is where the London property market is after seven successive falls. It is not just
04 April 2019 Being Mortal* And associated problems. By Lynda Goetz Being human, and without the benefit of any religious beliefs, I am not too keen on the idea of death. However, nor have I ever been very enthusiastic about the idea of immortality; particularly the sort envisaged by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver’s Travels. For
28 March 2017 The Birds are Coming Home to Roost Chaos in Commons. By J R Thomas If there is anything that any competent business person knows, it is that you cannot run a business by committee. Or run an army. Or an expedition. And certainly not a country. One of the great strengths of
28 March 2019 Aaargh! Brexit Postponed By John Watson Aaargh. No, Aaaargh!!!!!!!! Only a day or so ago the Brexit debate seemed to be coming to an end with the EU refusing to move the date from 29 March unless Mrs May’s deal was agreed. That cut down the options. No chance of further negotiation,
28 March 2019 Please May, We Leave? And You Too. By Lynda Goetz So, nearly 6 million people have signed a petition demanding we revoke Article 50, have they? President of the European council, Donald Tusk, has thundered that the EU must not ‘betray’ these people and should give Britain a long extension for the
