The Ulster Unionists I see these annoying people are trying to hold up the transfer of policing powers to Northern Ireland and Martin McGuinness has expressed irritation. No small wonder. Even the DUP is signed up to it. Apparently Sir Reg Empey is trying to use the issue as a bargaining chip to get the […]
Military Equipment. This issue has gained traction because of the allegation that parsimony at the Treasury under Gordon Brown meant there was not enough cash to buy boots, bullets, body armour, helicopters and proper armoured vehicles. Troops lives were lost as a consequence. This last doleful truth is the only unchallenged fact of this very […]
Gordon Brown It is difficult to judge the effect, if any, on voters’ psyche of Brown’s appearance before Chilcot yesterday. The papers are full of arguments about whether he did, or did not give the Generals what they wanted when it came to money and he was Chancellor. This is a big subject, not at […]