02 November 2017 A Long Time In Politics Keeping the real issues at the top. By John Watson A well-worn quotation it may be, but there is a good reason for that. Prime Minister Harold MacMillan’s reply to the question of what he most feared, “Events, dear boy, events,” sums up the position of every… Continue reading Issue 127: 2017 11 02: A Long Time In Politics (John Watson)
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Issue 72: 2016 09 22: Radical Pinstripes (J.R.Thomas)
22 September 2016 Radical Pinstripes Mr MacMillan’s recipe. by J.R.Thomas The departure of David Cameron from the political stage – a moderately popular act sadly ending by our hero tripping and tumbling into the orchestra pit, dragging half his fellow stage strutters with him, probably marks the end of one of the periodic periods of… Continue reading Issue 72: 2016 09 22: Radical Pinstripes (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 25: 2015 10 22 Sic Transit George
22 October 2015 Sic Transit George by J.R.Thomas According to ancient legend, victorious Roman generals, whilst enjoying the triumphal procession through Rome to which they were entitled on their return from the battlefield, were accompanied by a slave who whispered constantly in the ear of the acclaimed one “Sic transit gloria, sic transit gloria” (all… Continue reading Issue 25: 2015 10 22 Sic Transit George
Issue 21: 2015 09 24: Sex, Drugs and Memory Loss
24 September 2015 Sex, Drugs and Memory Loss by J R Thomas The silly season has arrived late this year. Mr Corbyn was the first to feel the chill blast as his past romantic life (especially with Diane Abbott, now a member of his shadow cabinet) was dissected in the popular press. As Mr Corbyn… Continue reading Issue 21: 2015 09 24: Sex, Drugs and Memory Loss
