In a recent interview for the BBC Tony Blair had a much more measured contribution, while observing that at some point somebody’s boots may be needed on the ground to defeat IS. He made the point that it would be much better if it were not Western boots but he thought nothing should be ruled […]
Each of these books is different and not part of a sequence, but all of them have the common ability to draw you into the story and keep you turning the pages from start to finish. Click on any of the images for my page on Amazon UK and here for Amazon.com
Whereas a year ago an average of opinion polls gave Labour a projected majority in 2015 of about eighty, its lead has now dropped to a tiny projected sixteen. This is the wrong direction of travel for Milliband and Balls. Moreover English voters are determined that the fifty nine MPs in the Commons elected from Scottish […]
Each of these books is different and not part of a sequence, but all of them have the common ability to draw you into the story and keep you turning the pages from start to finish. Click on any of the images for my page on Amazon UK and here for Amazon.com
It matters not what your politics are. Alex Salmond is the most astute politician in the British Isles and his influence goes way beyond Scotland’s borders and his legacy will last well beyond his retirement. This blog feels he still has much to offer and expects to see him back. There is no doubt that […]
Although many thought that the undecided and undeclared voters would break YES, they mostly broke NO, giving the Better Together campaign a wider margin of victory than it expected after recent poll scares. Scotland has earned the admiration of the world for the flawless way in which it conducted the referendum, with a record breaking turnout […]
Each of these books is different and not part of a sequence, but all of them have the common ability to draw you into the story and keep you turning the pages from start to finish. Click on any of the images for my page on Amazon UK and here for Amazon.com
Whatever the outcome of the Scottish referendum, there is coming to the surface a phenomenon not seen since the end of world war two; English nationalism. Somehow England, as the predominant part of Great Britain, subsumed its identity into Britishness. Welsh and Scots remained so and also British. The Ulster protestants were a law unto themselves and […]
Each of these books is different and not part of a sequence, but all of them have the common ability to draw you into the story and keep you turning the pages from start to finish. Click on any of the images for my page on Amazon UK and here for Amazon.com
The polls are said to be too close to call, although they lean towards NO. Referenda are notoriously difficult to poll, as each is individual and cannot be built on previous experience. We can recall that most people thought Quebec would vote to separate from Canada and it stayed. We also have the example of Australia, […]