Labour
Was it a disappointment?
In answer to that I can only say it was on the disappointing side. What you ask. The ministerial reshuffle of course. Bit of musical chairs at the top and alarge clear out at the [more…]
Incompetence
Labour
What a disappointment
In a par for the course move our beloved Prime Minister disappointed just about everyone in the country bar Fatty whose site is still obsessed with SpAds. There we were licking our lips in anticipation [more…]
Communism
Command Economies
After a once in a lifetime budget that was designed to promote growth, fill a fictitious £22 billion black hole and encourage new jobs, what are we left with, little to no growth, a £50 [more…]
Communism
Tax, Tax, Tax
I was born in 1949, now in 2025 Great Britain has the highest tax burden in my lifetime & I would argue the most degraded public services. Post war the UK has suffered from unrelenting [more…]
Elections
Surrey Unitary Authority
Plans are afoot to change Surrey County Council into a Unitary Authority. What this means is merging the 11 District Councils into the County Council . This should result in efficiencies and savings. Oh my [more…]
Politics
Local Gummint
Local government in England is a mess. I have recollections of films from the 1940s where there was an insignificant looking little man called the Town Clerk who used to run the show. These days [more…]
21st Century
The Stockwell Shooting – A Failure of C3I?*
Operation Kratos In 2001 international terrorist events directed security services to conclude that terrorist events involving suicide bombers, were not only likely but sadly inevitable in any country. Among many other agencies, the Metropolitan Police [more…]
Economics
The Risk Factor: Time for an Honest Assessment
As the spread of Covid begins to wane we should consider afresh whether, for example, a shopkeeper who travels to work to open his business is in fact acting irresponsibly. This comes, as ever, down [more…]
Arts
Some sad truths about the modern police
Followers of my blogs will know I have long been critical of the modern police ‘service’. It is slightly unfair to divorce police from CPS, political & Home Office failure but a start has to [more…]