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The historic significance of the deal achieved by Cameron to reduce EU spending was not the fact that it happened, but how. The how part may have far reaching impact not just on the budget, but on the future shape of the EU and especially Britain’s place in it. For most of the history of […]
It would be bad enough for the Tory party if all that was wrong was that their economic policy is good in parts, but not working overall. That fact alone would be enough to put paid to a majority after the next election. But between now and the election in 2015 they might be able […]
The shocking conclusions of the inquiry into the bad treatment and cruelty which became the hallmark of the Stafford Hospital should prove a wake up call to the nation, which is so emotionally attached to the NHS, that it refuses to accept what an inefficient and ham fisted organisation it has become. True in a crisis it saves lives […]
There is a feeling of government by disconnection creeping over the country. It is not the detail or the individual policies. It is down to two issues. Europe and the economy. The two Es. Europe is going through transformation pangs, self inflicted economic issues and problems of integration. Not one of these is within the […]
Only one thing is for certain about David Cameron’s speech. He would never have made it at this time but for the divisions in his own party. Everything else is unclear. What changes does he actually want? Will the other members agree to real negotiations or just offer a fig leaf to mask Cameron’s difficulties. […]
The drama of life and death taking place in the Algerian desert has dominated the news and the government over the last few days. Britons have died, perhaps fewer than feared, but too many none the less. These victims were not military personnel, but civilian oil workers. Each death leaves a family shattered. It is […]
The scenes of hundreds of people lying on the floor trying to rest after hours of delay to their flights because of snow are truly shocking. In a world shrunk by air travel it is simply unacceptable that this appalling confusion is the repeated consequence of a snowfall in the London area. This was not […]
Cameron’s much delayed, over spun and partially leaked speech on Britain and the EU has been delayed as the nation waits in anxiety for bad, perhaps very bad, news from Algeria. Although this is right and proper, the unavoidable postponement can only feed mounting uncertainty about the future direction of the UK economy. It would […]
From Australia The position of the Church of England, after the latest announcement that clergy in civil partnerships can become bishops if they promise to be celibate, is literally preposterous. Having made a complete fool of itself over women bishops, it now reveals itself, yet again, to be an organisation seriously depraved by an obsession with […]