Day: 3 March 2010

Tory Cheer After the Ashcroft fiasco which rumbles still, the Tories needed to do something right. They have. Michael Gove’s declaration that a Tory government would put the universities back in charge of setting A levels is a good move within the terms of his education policy, much of which is confusing. Ken Clarke’s stark warning […]

The Falklands This blog goes to tricky areas of politics. The Falklands, or Malvinas as Argentina prefers, are in the news again, after  nearly thirty years out of the public eye. There are two reasons. Oil and domestic difficulties of the Argentinian government. The British government has asserted that the islands will be defended if attacked. […]