Category: Politics

  • Prosper UK and David Gauke: Good luck, I guess

    Prosper UK and David Gauke: Good luck, I guess

    One might regard their support of Prosper UK with scepticism: is it driven by principle or opportunism?View post to subscribe to the site’s newsletter.

  • The case for Screaming Lord Sutch

    The case for Screaming Lord Sutch

    Can any other British politician match his record of policy delivery?View post to subscribe to the site’s newsletter.

  • In search of “Wandering hands”

    In search of “Wandering hands”

    Much has changed in the last forty years, but the jocular tone of a story concerning sexual abuse – one of Margaret Thatcher’s cabinet ministers making sudden lunges at women in his office – is jarring.View post to subscribe to the site’s newsletter.

  • Vote early, vote twice

    Vote early, vote twice

    Whereas A, I sensed, wanted to expand, to run a large department. To build an empire, to be The Man.View post to subscribe to the site’s newsletter.

  • “Can’t win here!”: a foot soldier for the Liberal Democrats

    “Can’t win here!”: a foot soldier for the Liberal Democrats

    Before the first leaflet went through the door a questionable assertion leapt out at me.View post to subscribe to the site’s newsletter.

  • Please don’t

    Please don’t

    Please don’t wave the Union Flag around as if you own it, or as if you speak for everyone in the UK. It is the flag of a country whose people have many different opinions.View post to subscribe to the site’s newsletter.

  • Gaukey and Me

    Gaukey and Me

    At this point the waiter managed to spill a decent quantity of coffee into my lap.  Fortunately it wasn’t scalding, but I still wonder whether this was in response to a prearranged signal.View post to subscribe to the site’s newsletter.