The news that Michael (Lord) Howard, the fourth Tory leader post Thatcher and the one who groomed Cameron and Osborne to lead the Tory party after him, has decided to join the out campaign comes as no surprise. He has always been eurosceptic and was one of the cabinet ‘bastards’ in the notorious live mike […]
One is becoming increasingly tired of these endless inquiries led by elderly but distinguished judges, which find that bad stuff happened but the bosses, those with responsibility, senior management, did not know about it and therefore cannot be blamed. This is rubbish. The bosses, by definition, are responsible whether they knew about the problem, heard […]
It is very good news for manufacturing and exports and business generally needs to be fleet of foot to take advantage the the opportunities which this presents. It is an open window which may close, so no delay. It provides scope for home production as imports will become more expensive. Since we import almost everything […]
The short answer is yes, so Cameron is right and Gove wrong? Well no. The true answer is they are both right if you express it all correctly which neither of them has. They have both left out the tricky bits which dent their cause. The deal is a legally binding international agreement with the […]
The report from Ofcom suggesting that Open Reach can be made an arm’s length company while still owned by BT is fundamentally ridiculous. In the end both companies are owned by the same people with the same shareholders. The proposal to allow other companies to put wires on poles and in tunnels is even more stupid […]
It is hard and unwise from this side of the Atlantic to try and call American elections, but it is becoming obvious that Trump now has momentum which may not be stoppable. He narrowly lost Iowa but has won comfortably everywhere else. Indeed the margin is going up. In Nevada he polled twice the votes of […]
Bit by bit we shall see key points emerge from the Remain and Leave camps to explain the superiority of their analysis and the better value of their offer. Although this Blog has declared it is for Remain no matter what, I will still unpick the detail of arguments deployed by either side in order […]
Boris is the best known politician in Britain and by far its most popular. He invokes certain aspects of Churchill, about whom he wrote an acclaimed book. Churchill remained a powerful political figure when not in government and was generally known by his first name in an age of great formality; men called each other […]
As the debate about in or out gets into its stride, we shall hear a lot about sovereignty from the Leave campaign. There are some points to be made here. The whole idea of a Union is that when its laws are agreed by all its members, all of them must abide by them and […]
Trump was way out ahead in South Carolina notwithstanding a critical Pope. Cruz should have done better in this State. Bush has dropped out. So the only thing we now know for sure is that in November it cannot be a dynasty revival of Bush v Clinton. Hilary won in Nevada by less than she ought, […]