When they were introduced I thought they were good. The problem with primary education at that time was that it was lacking in focus, perhaps high on wellbeing which was good, but lacking in learning, which was bad. Spelling, reading, tables and arithmetic were often handled in such a whimsical fashion that home tutoring in […]
It was one of those news moments you always remember. Switching on the TV to see rolling coverage of Notre Dame ablaze. Notre Dame is France It is the nation wrought in stone and wood. It is the very soul of the French people. So, as their President said, France itself was on fire. In […]
In the context of the original offer, yes it is. There may be some fudge type Brexit, or the whole thing may be abandoned. But the simple notion of a clean break, Global Britain, national independence and so on is just not possible. It was an ideal nurtured by mainly a fringe minority of English […]
Many commentators and this blog have for long castigated May for not reaching out to the opposition parties, especially to Labour, earlier. Had she done so at the beginning everything would now be sorted, or so we proclaimed. But recent events reveal a much deeper fissure in May’s power base, her party in parliament, than […]
This item is taken from the BBC News Website. A brave move and so very right. A Tory MP has quit the Eurosceptic European Research Group, claiming a “hardcore element of ‘Unicorn’ dreamers [are] now actually endangering Brexit”. Daniel Kawczynski voted against Theresa May’s Brexit deal twice, before deciding to back her withdrawal agreement last […]
We now await news that Downing Street has made an offer of compromise to Labour which paves the way for an orderly Brexit. If this is not forthcoming and the government cannot agree with Labour a set of meaningful votes, with a voting system designed to produce a winner, we move into a vortex with […]
Having scattered the ERG to the four winds May looks to be in danger of throwing her advantage away if she refuses to budge on any significant red lines. She will have to give away something in order to achieve a compromise with Labour. Meanwhile there is absolutely no doubt that Britain’s reputation as a […]
The issue which everybody feared is now proven beyond doubt. Malfunctioning software in a safety system proved catastrophic, wresting control of the plane from the pilots and crashing the otherwise normally functioning aircraft. This happened twice. The entire fleet of 737 Max is grounded. Boeing expect all to be airborne again in weeks following a […]