Conservatives
Labour
Labour
An empty vessel
An empty vessel makes the most noise as the saying goes but in political terms an empty vessel is someone with no ideas in his, or her, head. Keith’s Chief of Staff, Morgan McSweeney, has [more…]
Diary
A View (Of The Church) From The Road Near The Greenhouse; Further Reflections
For Christians, Easter is a time for both reflection and thanksgiving. The little church in the village where I live has a small but enthusiastic (if ageing) congregation. I know many of them to talk [more…]
Labour
Edstone Miligit
Edward Samuel Miliband is a Right Honourable not because he is honorable, rather the opposite in fact, neither is he right, he is a big lefty but he carries this title because he is a [more…]
Business
The delusion of job creation
I have been diverted from writing further essays in the Economic Perspectives series as I am assembling the existing essays in a book designed to demystify the science of economics. But occasionally the temptation to [more…]
Economics
Lefty Logic
If someone approached you and took a wild swing at you, you would try to avoid it. Some of you might even fight back but the sensible option is that you would at least take [more…]
Labour
Tulip Siddiq
Tulip Siddiq is the UK’s Economic Secretary to the Treasury and a cabinet member. Her current role includes responsibility for tackling corruption in UK financial markets. Her aunt is Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh [more…]
Diary
A View (Actually) From The Greenhouse….Everything Is Not As It Seems…
Like me, you’d have been saddened but unsurprised by the latest in a long line of cars, as if driven by some kind of divine hand, crashing into innocent people going about their ordinary, if [more…]
Cooking
Another View From (The Shed By) The Greenhouse……How Corrupted?
It goes without saying (but I’m going to repeat it anyway, for those tin-eared few at the back) that Labour won the election simply because the Tories had managed to make themselves un-electable and Reform, [more…]