A wheel seems to have come off the UKIP bandwagon north of the border. Describing student protesters as Fascist Scum will not sound right to many democratic ears. It is, of course, a feature of nationalist parties that their leaders tend to go for inflammatory rhetoric, although the other nationalist active in British politics, the much more successful Alex […]
Hitherto Euro sceptics have been somewhat detached from the political mainstream, mostly on the far right of the Tory party. Suddenly, post UKIP’s triumph at the local polls and riding high enough in all opinion polls to put paid to any hope of a Tory victory in 2015, some big names have begun to back […]
The talks in Moscow yesterday between John Kerry, Sergey Lavrov and President Putin are a potential game changer. At last it has dawned on Washington that Western policy over Syria is futile and that whilst not ideal, the Russian position was the more realistic. Yesterday represented a gracious shift in US policy, cloaked in diplomatic language and […]
This blog has not thus far been one of Israel’s friends because it is opposed to the settlement policy pursued in the face of world opposition, UN censure and disregard foe international law. Teachings from Torah are articles of faith, but they are not a licence to go it alone internationally, against whomever, no matter what. However as […]
Following the local election success of UKIP the Tory party is in some confusion, while the media speculates on whether Nigel Farage is a credible alternative Prime minister. Mr. Farage, evidently a modest man, with exceptional communication skills and the ability to connect with disgruntled voters, says he is not ambitious for the top job. […]
The Public Accounts select Committee has drawn attention to the peculiar custom of HMRC hiring accountants to help draft regulations, who then go back into their firms to advice clients how to get round them. There is a clear conflict in the style of poachers and gamekeepers. It serves to underline the idiotic pass to […]
The intentions of Alex Salmond, the UK’s sharpest political operator, in his leadership of his country’s bid for independence are becoming less clear than they initially appeared. Many thought the plan was to cut adrift and go it alone, clean and free. First the Monarchy was spared the axe, then the Bank of England and […]
The issue is the proposed mortgage guarantee the government will give to all home buyers, who cannot find from their own savings the required 20% deposit. The Treasury Select Committee under its able chairman, Andrew Tyrie, has issued a critical report about this ridiculous proposal. The financial regulators, the building societies and the banks are […]
This is the most extraordinary situation which the entire international community finds both perplexing and alarming. There is a tendency to dismiss the tension as bluff from a hermit kingdom full of brainwashed and starving people, run by a despotic family dynasty, supported by puffed up generals and an out of date military, which if […]
The unfortunate and unhappy teenager Paris Brown, who has been put through an emotional mangle by the media over her tweets of the past, has resigned from her extraordinary post as a youth police and crime commissioner in Kent. One can only hope that she quickly recovers her self confidence and self esteem after a […]