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. The novel catches the mood of those times with a host of fictional characters who engage […]
It is the modern trend for defeated parties to topple into recriminations and leadership battles, reinforcing the belief among voters that modern politicians are more interested in themselves and power than in social advancement and the wellbeing of the people they represent. I have previously posted how the Churchills, Atlees, Wilsons and Heaths stayed on to fight […]
Paperback or Kindle UK US Rudolf Hess, Hitler’s deputy and right hand man, flew to Scotland on a mysterious peace mission in 1941, which has never been convincingly explained, to meet unidentified politicians who wanted to end the war. The truth has been covered up for generations because […]
The Tory party is in a triumphalist mood at the moment because they have for the first time since 1992 a mandate to govern. Without wishing to be mean (well just a little) and to cast a teeny shadow over the celebrations (actually quite a big one) I have had a look at the figures. […]
The news that Michael Gove is appointed Justice Secretary with the job of introducing a Bill of Rights which enables the UK to withdraw from the human rights structure of Europe including its court of which we are a founding member has significant implications. On the face of it the administration of UK justice would […]
Just a quick point. While the Tories have a majority of up to 12 if you remove the Speaker, Sinn Fein etc, or 5 to be exact, their majority in England over Labour is 113. There are then 6 Lib Dems, 1 Green and 1 UKIP, but that still leaves Cameron with a margin of over 100. […]
This blog will be silent until May 14th. I am off for a few days in the sun (I am not resigning!). Meanwhile I am still somewhat seething at the horlicks made by the pollsters, which caused people like me to write a whole lot of rubbish because Labour and the Tories were nowhere near neck […]
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. The novel catches the mood of those times with a host of fictional characters who engage […]
Within minutes of Cameron’s triumph being confirmed Milliband, Clegg and Farage all resigned, although Farage indicated that after a long holiday he might run for the leadership again. This fashion for political losers to take flight is absurd. It is also counter-productive politically and against the national interest as the country is faced with a […]
The best way to begin this blog, having been up more or less all night, is with the final sentence of my last post. Finally there is the impact of UKIP. If tactical voting is used comprehensively it could well be that UKIP could fail to win a single seat, yet cause a political upset […]