There is a very English flavour to a political crisis in which, against modern convention, the Queen feels it her duty to say something. But rather than a formal summons to Buckingham Palace, a tea and cake celebration at the local Women’s Institute with a carefully crafted and well coded message delivered to the ladies […]
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I am returning to a theme which has been a long held view, about the modern ultra neutral and detached role of the Monarch in the political life of the State. Whilst dominant in the ceremonial spectaculars and traditional rituals, the Queen is now by consent debarred from taking any but a supportive role in […]
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As expected May said nothing yesterday, except to abolish the disgraceful charge to EU citizens who apply for Settled Status. Otherwise it was more of the same. Her red lines are still there. Her fantasies about Irish Backstops are still there. Her blind stubbornness in trying to unite the two halves of her busted party […]
May achieves the Gold Standard of an obstinate person who makes an industry out of trying to force people to do things her way. She has now hit the buffers. Opposition parties in the Commons have given her short shrift. The EU likewise. Now she is alleged to be trying to set up a separate […]
Rudolf Hess, Hitler’s deputy and right hand man, flew to Scotland on a mysterious peace mission in 1941, which has never been convincingly explained, to meet unidentified politicians who wanted to end the war. The truth has been covered up for generations because to reveal it would somehow undermine the honour and constitutional fabric of […]
As the political chaos mounts, with unprecedented disarray in the notion of what is supposed to be government, there is polling evidence that people are going cold on the whole Brexit project. One such poll shows 56% now want to stay in the EU, giving credence to the theory, supported by this blog, that there […]
The GP concept is at the heart of a lot of the problems in the NHS. At the beginning, when the NHS was founded, doctors in General Practice did not approve of it and were refusing to join. The Labour government caved in and allowed them to remain independent but under contract to the NHS. […]