It is rare for this blog to come to the rescue of politicians caught out, but Shapps is not Rifkind. It appears he kept an interest in his business when first elected to parliament in 2005 and wound it down before giving it up. He was self employed so it would be perfectly reasonable for […]
An English village slumbers on the Surrey/Sussex borders, but the pastoral exterior hides a number of nightmare secrets. The return of a young man, Philip, after a long absence stirs memories of the horrific murder of his mother and uncle years earlier and of an ancient curse delivered upon the family in Napoleonic times. The […]
The US is miffed that the UK has applied for membership of the new Chinese led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. There have been sniffy comments about meeting ethical standards and the environment. Coming from the American government there is a ring of sour grapes in all this. This blog has complained often of the lack […]
Politicians do not like to talk about the fragile nature of the UK’s Economic Recovery. Yet it remains rooted in borrowing, asset inflation, housing costs which are out of control and a housing shortage which continues to grow. It is consumption based in a country which no longer makes things for shoppers to buy, so […]
The averages weighted and adjusted to a variety of methodologies point to the Tories being the largest party and Labour a close second. But, and here is the problem, neither party will have enough to form a coalition with another single party, notwithstanding that the party leaders are ruling out coalitions in an orgy of […]
Politicians do not like to talk about the fragile nature of the UK’s Economic Recovery. Yet it remains rooted in borrowing, asset inflation, housing costs which are out of control and a housing shortage which continues to grow. It is consumption based in a country which no longer makes things for shoppers to buy, so […]
This blog does not agree with Lord Grade’s opinion that broadcasters are playing politics if they leave an empty chair when Cameron fails to turns up to one or all of the TV debates. This blog does admire Lord Grade’s long history and experience in all facets of broadcasting and recognises the dynasty from which […]
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It is too early to tell but more polls are beginning to put the Tories a point or two ahead. This may be a passing moment in a race where both parties are, and have been for some months, neck and neck. Or it may be a trend. If the trend continues all sorts of […]
Set in the mid nineteen nineties, this fast moving thriller lifts the curtain on sex, sleaze and corruption in high places as the long reign of the government totters to an end, following the ousting of the iconic Margaret Thatcher. Downfall in Downing Street catches the mood of those times with a host of fictional […]