America
The Chagos fiasco
The Chagos Islands were first discovered by the Portuguese hence the names of the various islands. The first people to make use of the islands were the French when they created coconut oil plantations in [more…]
Labour
Democracy
Gorton & Denton Runners & Riders
The Gorton and Denton by-election, to be held on Thursday, 26 February, was triggered by the resignation of Labour MP Andrew Gwynne who stepped down for health reasons aggravated by the fallout from messages contained [more…]
20th Century
Labour’s bad boys – Part 4 The Lord Levy
It’s time to introduce Satan Blair. To be more precise it concerns the Lord Levy but he was acting on behalf of the great deceiver himself. Michael Abraham Levy, later Lord Levy, was the chief [more…]
20th Century
Labour’s bad boys – Part 3 John Stonehouse
Our John is one of the more interesting cases. There have been multiple accusations of trade union leaders and Labour MPs taking the Russian shilling though you have to ask whether some of them could [more…]
20th Century
Labour’s bad boys – Part 2 Hugh Dalton
These days Edward Hugh John Neale Dalton, known as Hugh, would be considered one of the good guys but in 1947 he committed one of the worst sins possible in those more genteel times. He [more…]
Labour
13, or thereabouts, U turns
It seems there are more than 12 U-turns but it does depend how you count them. Let’s list them Mandatory digital ID for workers Watered down to not being mandatory in every case. Winter Fuel [more…]
20th Century
Labour’s bad boys – Part 1 Nick Brown
Nicholas Hugh Brown, known as Nick, born in 1950 in Kent is the object of much speculation, none of it good. He went to the University of Manchester and worked in advertising for Proctor and [more…]
Conservatives
NYE messages from the party leaders
Being a bit of an eejit I decided to see what the New Year’s speeches from the various leaders were about. Not very inspiring in general I am afraid to say. I looked at 5 [more…]
Authoritarianism
2026…..The Year to Start Stopping
A list of fings wot annoy me would be a very,very long list indeed. But we have to start somewhere. So, in the spirit of a New Year, New Slate, how about – Government & Media………………. [more…]