Diary
A View From The Greenhouse; Hooptedoodle And Other Matters
I return from a bit of a hiatus where, due to several factors, not the least of them a little bit of self pity, I allowed what passes for my creative flow to dry up. [more…]
Politics
Conservatives
Whither the UniParty ? (Part 2)
-. 2025 was Labour’s annus horribilis. Large anti-migration protests swept parts of the country, as the Casey report returned a damning verdict on the surrender of white working-class girls to horrific abuse at the hands [more…]
Politics
Just who does Ed Davey think he is
For as long as I can remember the Liberals and then the Liberal Democrats have been the “none of the above” Party. When the thought of voting for Labour or the Tories gets so bad, [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Twelve
Monday Good morning, my friends, I am beginning to get back into the diary routine after my enforced break. I hear my scribe has got four cruises booked for June and Christmas this year and [more…]
Authoritarianism
Breaking: Another Defector to Reform
Clacton. This Saturday afternoon. A beaming Nigel Farage introduces to a rapturous Reform UK audience the latest high-profile right-winger to defect to their party. Following in the footsteps of Nadhim Zahawi, Robert Jenrick and Suella [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…]
America
The Shame of Our Cities, Part One
Looting, pillage, theft, billions in disbursements, all on the honour system We are all Somalis now In the autumn glare reflecting off the harsh glass façade of the Minneapolis public library, temporary fencing encloses a [more…]
Conservatives
Whither the UniParty ? (Part 1)
The Conservative Party stands on the edge of a precipice. After its worst ever general election result in 2024 its support has — remarkably — plummeted still further. Whether the most successful political party in [more…]
America
Greenland – other theories
After a balanced and well written piece by AWS about the septics getting their hands on Greenland it is time to trawl the internet for more outlandish, if not downright crazy, theories about why. You [more…]