Wherever you look or listen, there is confusion in the in political arena on a scale not seen for many generations. This is in part due to the technological revolution giving instant communication from every citizen to every other from the palm of their hand. No longer is news and comment in the sole grip […]
The new Type 31 frigates are to be built by Babcock who designed them to be a cheaper and more compact warship than the bigger Type 26, currently in service and under construction. The important thing is that they cost £250 million each, cheap in modern terms for a fully fledged ocean going warship with […]
No Prime Minister in our history has suffered such a string of humiliations and defeats in so short a time after taking office, making the Boris government the laughing stock of the much of the world. Unfortunately to many if not most of us who live under its erratic rule, it is no longer funny. […]
This is a very significant moment. Even if the UK Supreme Court finally rules in favour of the government, it will be on a point of law rather than the issue which offends the majority of MPs and a large slice of the voting public, especially among the young. Boris has not told the truth […]
John Bolton.This super-hawk who terrifies even hawks, should never have been appointed in the first place. Since he became NSA almost everything in US Diplomacy has failed. Iran, North Korea, Israel and the Palestinians, Afghanistan, China Trade War, the list goes on. Promises, expectations and many, many tweets but so little actual progress anywhere. The […]
We seem about to embark on a peculiar and entirely unnecessary democratic conflict which pits parliament against the people. But that is itself impossible because parliament IS the people. It is the only part of the whole structure of central government which is elected by the people, who send their representatives to Westminster to protect […]
The much vaunted Number Ten machine, made up of No Deal and Brexit fundamentalists, who believe themselves invincible, has suffered a catastrophic set of reverses. It has bust their brand, showed Johnson to be useless, handed control of the Commons to an unlikely alliance, which includes former Tories kicked out in a tantrum, led by […]
Apparently the young Boris Johnson, I am not certain how young, when asked what he wanted to be when he grew up, aimed high and replied World King. Well PM of GB is the closest he will get to his ambitious fantasy. Six weeks in and four days into his first encounter of parliament as […]
After what appeared to be a promising start, Boris has turned out to be what so many claimed he was, egocentric, shallow, unable to seek consensus, bullying and divisive. In other words an appalling prime minister. His whole game plan is in ruins and his government paralysed by an opposition alliance led by Corbyn, much […]
At first it looked quite good. A decisive, focused government, a prime minister with a mission, willing to take control and make decisions, a charm offensive at the G7, positive noises around Europe and the promise to listen by the EU, to any new GB proposals on the backstop and not least, the proclamation by […]