Andy Coulson There is a story eddying round this man. What did he know about phone tapping when he was Editor of the News of the World? He says nothing. Few now believe him. Not many care. This blog does. On the narrow question of whether he should carry on at Number Ten, the answer […]
The Environmentalists This is a new thread where this Blog identifies an issue to think about, but for the moment reserves its position.There was an interesting programme on Channel 4 (U.K.) last night which explored how environmentalist campaigners had, with the best of motives, opposed things like nuclear power, GM crops and so on, which […]
University Fees On the face of it the Coalition’s plans are reasonable and fair, yet I am much troubled by this, because however it is structured, there will be issues and it cannot be right to start working life in debt. It is too much debt that has landed people, business and the government in trouble. […]
Mid Term Elections. What has happened. There are several interpretations of the mid term outcome, depending on your perspective and priorities. At a practical level it was a Republican victory and a defeat for the Obama Presidency. But it was neither a stunning victory nor a shattering defeat. It was not untypical of results at this point […]
Defence Accord Britain and France are today signing up to defence co-operation initiatives. The last time we had a military pact with France, outside Nato, was Suez and the time before that was WWII, when France was beaten by the Nazis. Neither of these examples give encouragement. Yet this is a very good move. First of all […]
Yemen and Al Qaeda and the U.S. It is now officially recognised, as this Blog predicted months ago, that the Yemen is now a major base of Al Qaeda and more potent than the core organisation in the Pakistani tribal areas. This underscores the point, which the politicians and the military of both the U.K. […]