Tributes to Raoul Moat The Metropolitan Police Commissioner has expressed disappointment in the level, 17000 at the time of writing this, of supporters of a tribute website to Rauol Moat on Facebook and the flowers and other tributes outside his home and at the spot where he shot himself. This raises profound issues which should […]
Deeper Recession New figures from the National Statistics office show that the recession in the U.K was worse than at first thought, going down from peak to trough 6.4%. This compares with 5.3% for Euroland and 3.8% for the U.S. In other words we did worst. When I was researching for my book 2010 A Blueprint For […]
The Marching Season What a sorry sight to see riots in Belfast again. Let us not forget that at the root is the utterly preposterous ‘tradition’ of triumphalist Protestant marches passing through Catholic areas. This whole concept of celebrating a victory of centuries past by humiliating the losers, is the most distasteful and insulting aspect of the […]