Boris Following the departure of Cummings and co, many wondered whether Boris was actually capable of governing. Some, including me, were certain he was not. Over the past week nothing has happened to cause me to change my mind; the Devolution gaffe and the Priti Patel row merely served to reinforce my conviction. Yet I […]
Both countries share democratic values and traditions, which though different in detail, are complimentary in principle. Both have sought to spread these values across the rest of the world. Added together the two economies are not just the largest in the world but by a margin. They are tied by family, culture and history. And […]
I am not a Trump supporter and he was clearly the wrong sort of character to be ideal for the White House. He screwed up all over the place, undermined faith in American leadership across the free world and made more enemies than friends. But not everything he said or did was bad, which is […]
It is clear that the cost in political capital of Boris being unable to make timely decisions, is approaching the point when the prime minister will become politically insolvent. Up till the chaos of yesterday in Westminster, the Downing Street machine, a clunky misfiring relic of the smooth campaigning juggernaut which won the 2019 election, […]
I have said so many critical things about this government, adding to the list seems pointless. However three issues struck me this weekend which highlight why things go wrong, leaving confusion and U turns scattered across our lives. The first is the shameful decision not to provide free school meals during holidays, half terms and […]
To describe the national leadership of Boris’s government as politically chaotic is to understate the case. The spectacular U Turn of loads more cash for businesses and individuals facing ruin because of restrictions in escalating Tiers, cascading out of the Treasury today when it was not there yesterday, shows that Downing Street was rattled that […]
At the heart of the British State lies a secret, to keep which a cabal of shadowy establishment figures is authorised to kill. At the centre of the drama is a family with baggage from the past which has access to the truth and determines to expose it. […]
From the very beginning the Boris led government did not understand the pandemic. It was totally focussed on Brexit and drunk on the elixir of victory. It was complacent with an 80 seat majority, with many new greenhorn MPs who would do as the whips told them. The road to future triumph was open, the […]
We can all remember the good humour of millions coming onto balconies and front gardens to clap in support of the NHS week after week. There was enthusiasm, and a sense of unity of a very special kind. Yet, as the virus now surges once more, there is an alarming mixture of anger, confusion, disagreement […]
Back from holiday and resuming my Sunday Blog, it is hard to know where to start, so full in the doleful menu of misfortune and mishap across the world. But the home front is where this blog lives and there are currently three simultaneous crisis points, buffeting a government seemingly losing its way. I will […]