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20th Century

Changed Times?

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John Smyth was a Canadian-born British barrister and Christian evangelist born in 1941. Son of Colonel Edward Smyth, after prep school in Canada and public school in England, he completed his education at Trinity Hall, [more…]

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Question Time 19th June 2025 The Panel: Peter Kyle (Labour) Lord Willetts (Conservative) Katherine Birbalsingh (Headteacher) Jack Thorne (Screenwriter) Tommyinnit (YouTuber) Venue: Greenford This week Fiona Bruce presents what the guff accompanying Question Time describes [more…]

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The Case For SMR Hesitancy

14th June 2025 Always Worth Saying 0

As Energy Secretary Ed Milliband’s Net Zero cultural revolution gathers pace, this week he announced a nuclear renaissance. A new £14bn reactor is planned for Sizewell. Small modular reactors (SMRs) are being championed through a [more…]

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Question Time 12th June 2025 The Panel: Darren Jones (Labour) Simon Clarke (Conservative) Zia Yusuf (Reform UK) Sarah Olney (LibDem) Venue: Fleetwood A Question Time guest as recently as March, Labour MP Darren Jones’ wife [more…]

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Gary Lineker: Parallel Lives

7th June 2025 Always Worth Saying 0

I only saw Gary Lineker play once. Our local eleven were away to Leicester City in a fourth-round FA Cup tie. This was 1985 – a mere 40 years ago. The game ended in a [more…]

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Question Time 5th June 2025 The Panel: Alex Davies-Jones (Labour) Darren Millar (Conservative) Llinos Medi (Plaid Cymru) Mark Serwotka (Trade Unionist) Annabel Denham (Journalist) Venue: Llandudno Annabel Denham is cagey about her personal details. We [more…]

Human Interest

Recent Incendiary Allegations – An Explanation

31st May 2025 Always Worth Saying 0

They say that lightning doesn’t strike twice. They are wrong. And if it scorches a doorway or two and sets one of my old cars alight, then so be it — some things are meant [more…]

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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

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Question Time 29th May 2025 The Panel: Heidi Alexander (Labour) David Simmonds (Conservative) Jess Brown-Fuller (Liberal Democrat) Ava-Santina Evans (Politics Joe) Tim Montgomerie (Journalist and commentator) Venue: Cheltenham Introduced as a journalist and commentator, Tim [more…]

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Big Boys’ Rules

24th May 2025 Always Worth Saying 0

In yet another BBC documentary on the subject, a Panorama edition entitled Special Forces: I Saw War Crimes dropped on 12th May and investigated serious allegations against UK Special Forces, in particular the SAS and [more…]

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