The revolving door describes one route through the system. There is another. Between 2013 and 2023, 68 of the 284 peers nominated by party leaders were political donors, giving a combined £58 million. Fifteen of sixteen [more…]
At 21 he was building the locomotives for Brunel’s Great Western Railway. Then he took Brunel’s Great Eastern and used it to lay the first lasting telegraph cable across the Atlantic. This is the man [more…]
It is being called one of the largest and most ambitious infrastructure projects in modern history. The Donald called it ‘one of the greatest trade routes in all of history.’ But IMEC is not just [more…]
Monday Good morning, my happy readers, the cat is back. It’s been an eventful few weeks while my scribe has been stuffing his face on a cruise. When I last wrote a column, Mascara Man [more…]
Dave was up at 06:00, he had breakfast in the canteen and was sitting in the office by 07:00. His first call was to the Prime Minister. “Sir, hopefully this will all be resolved by [more…]
Welcome back my friends, to the flamboyance that never ends, as Fabulously Flamboyant Friday proudly presents yet another light-loafered, lubed-up, luxuriant leap over the gasworks-end puddles of musical magnificence. Tonight, dear reader (inspired by Adolfo [more…]
Wednesday 10th June – Home to Southampton and to sea Very little to do this morning before leaving home. I did have to lug my suitcase downstairs from a spare bedroom where I had been [more…]
I’ve put up George Harrison “When We was Fab” a few times so a different one echoing the same sentiment. How good it was indeed. Anyone who has been part of a sporting team will [more…]
In each of the 438 quangos described in Part 2, someone decides who sits on the boards, who chairs the committees, and who approves the contracts. Look closely at who those people are and a [more…]
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