It was early March in 1975 when the editor wandered into the newsroom of the New Zealand Herald and asked for volunteers to go to Vietnam. Specifically, Saigon. The older men kept their eyes down, [more…]
If the PM and his Deputy are on the make then we can expect an epidemic of fiddling among their minions. Angela Rayner has been the MP for Ashton-under-Lyne since 2015. Having left school at [more…]
A second piece about activities on the school farm. As I’ve said in the last piece the place was a massive source of entertainment for teenage boys. Let’s get down to details though. Sheep The [more…]
Andrew John Gwynne is the MP for Gorton and Denton. He was suspended in 2025 because of offensive messages he had written on WhatsApp, In 1996 he was elected to Tameside Council and has done [more…]
Almost a third of all government spending, £391 billion a year, is not spent by government departments. It is spent by 438 separate publicly funded bodies that ministers cannot direct, Parliament cannot easily scrutinise, and voters [more…]
I am a little weary despite a good Sunday lunch followed by a decent night’s sleep, other than that pretty good, unlike some lightweights. A few days light exercise, some sunshine, beers and good company [more…]
The military consequences of the Iran War have precedence in the 1415 Battle of Agincourt, in which an inferior number of English archers defeated a much superior number of French armored knights. Its implications reverberated [more…]
This chap, who I fear would not get a respectful audience on GP, did however manage to snag a gig last Christmas, delivering the Reith lectures on the BBC. In a series of four lectures, [more…]
Known for muck and brass, the grim north of England was formerly a hotbed of the Industrial Revolution, rich in sweat, resources, enterprise and plutocrats. Nowadays synonymous with grim decline, my wife and I have [more…]
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