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…]
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…]
This week, the 10th anniversary of the Brexit referendum was overshadowed by the excitement surrounding King of the North, Remainer Andy Burnham’s, latest steps to take over the running of the country from the clump [more…]
We are still in 2024 and this story caused quite a commotion when it broke. Who among us has ever turned down a gift. Aside from Xmas and birthdays I don’t remember ever getting a [more…]
Perhaps the one aspiration all parties bar the Greens hold is to try to engineer some growth into the economy. Most of the blame attaches to the Treasury but the country seems unable to accomplish [more…]
The popular conception of politics, taught in schools and reinforced by every TV sofa politics show, is that the people elect representatives, the representatives debate the laws, and the laws are then administered by a [more…]
The morning after the Makerfield by election GB News had a quick word with former Labour MP Gloria del Piero (wood and would). She was absolutely gushing about Bodybags, I suspect she was somewhat more [more…]
The Puffin is a well-travelled bird gracing a wide variety of habitats. Rural France, various parts of Spain, the New World, the Debatable Lands, territories where the leopard runs free, Norn Iron, the Philippine Islands, [more…]
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