Kenneth Baker thinks there may have to be what the Germans call a grand coalition including both Labour and Conservatives, in order to combat a large contingent of Scottish nationalists elected to Westminster in May. Both are unionist parties and they campaigned together for No in the Scottish referendum. He fears a Labour/Scot Nat coalition would […]
Politicians do not like to talk about the fragile nature of the UK’s Economic Recovery. Yet it remains rooted in borrowing, asset inflation, housing costs which are out of control and a housing shortage which continues to grow. It is consumption based in a country which no longer makes things for shoppers to buy, so […]
Set in the mid nineteen nineties, this fast moving thriller lifts the curtain on sex, sleaze and corruption in high places as the long reign of the government totters to an end, following the ousting of the iconic Margaret Thatcher. Downfall in Downing Street catches the mood of those times with a host of fictional […]
Prince William’s visit to China has been an impressive success for the young man who will one day be King. Without his wife at his side he has stood on his own and stood firm with an outstanding performance of tact, humour and a clear sense of mission. This has been good for Britain and a […]
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All three of the main parties have announced house building programmes, none of which measures up. The Tories want to build too few with too many to buy, Labour will build more and will focus more on affordable rather than subsidised housing but how it will work is not yet clear, the Lib Dems want to […]
An attractive but traditional design is to be introduced for new coins showing a contemporary engraving of the Queen’s head. It is apparently the fifth edition to be issued during her long reign. During Queen Victoria’s even longer (so far) reign there were as I recall only two editions and both were still in circulation when […]
The assassination of the opposition politician Boris Nemtsov has caused shockwaves around the world. The Kremlin denies any involvement; it would be a spectacular own goal were that not the case. But it is likely that the origins of the contract to kill this outspoken critic of the direction in which Russia is headed lie […]
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