Rudolf Hess, Hitler’s deputy and right hand man, flew to Scotland on a mysterious peace mission in 1941, which has never been convincingly explained, to meet unidentified politicians who wanted to end the war. Who was plotting against Churchill? What were the peace terms on offer? What happened to Hess? Was he killed in the […]
Corbyn has written to his rebels and told them this time they escape punishment, but they must be good in future. Given that Brexit transcends party lines in England, this apparently limp response is probably the wisest course. I have remarked before that Corbyn’s Labour party is surprisingly successful in the House of Commons when judged […]
Compared to the ongoing diaspora of vast multitudes heading out of the Middle East and North Africa, the British Scheme to welcome up to 3000 unaccompanied children into the UK was a welcome, if tiny, contribution to the disastrous outcome of a string a failed foreign intervention initiatives by the West, in which Britain played a leading […]
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. The novel catches the mood of those times with a host of fictional characters who engage […]
The 2017 Budget is approaching. Having done next to nothing useful with his Autumn Statement, Hammond has to come up with some firm policies and clear thinking. The time for silly forecasts which are never right is past. As are tiny sums spread over five years to bridge a funding gap. No longer is being the […]
Turn Left To Power is a dissertation in book form offering a fundamental redirection for Labour, with bold ideas for a new economic and social settlement, including economic and taxation reform, restoration of responsibility in government and a renewal of democracy. Full of detailed information, hard facts and the results of thorough research, the narrative will grip […]
The future of the May government does not depend on Brexit, or Trump or Trident, although a big crisis in any of those areas could bring it down. But if it survives until its sell by date, May 2020, it will stand or fall on its record over public services. Its political narrative will be […]
Set in the mid nineteen nineties, this fast moving thriller lifts the curtain on sex, sleaze and corruption in high places. Tor Raven’s novel captures the mood of those times with a host of fictional characters who engage in political intrigue, money laundering and murder, pursued by an Irish investigative journalist […]
This post will try to predict what Trump’s America will be like for the rest of the world. It is not about whether you are for or against this new man in the White House. It is about the fact that he is there. First of all Trump sees himself as a national leader with […]
DOWNLOAD OR PAPERBACK FROM .99P Rudolf Hess, Hitler’s deputy and right hand man, flew to Scotland on a mysterious peace mission in 1941, which has never been convincingly explained, to meet unidentified politicians who wanted to end the war. The truth has been covered up for generations because to reveal it would somehow undermine […]