Tuesday, 28 April 2015

The West Lothian Question and The Case for English Independence

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It was Bob Southey who first noted that while the roll call of Scots who were architects, statesmen, economists, engineers and explorer...
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Thursday, 23 April 2015

Election Diary: On The Stump, "BlueKIP" And The Forgotten Saint of Thanet South

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On the Stump There are just two weeks to go until polling day and certainly in Keynsham and NE Somerset it feels as though "elec...
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Monday, 13 April 2015

The Welcome Return of The Political Duel.

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On the morning of March the 21st 1829 two gentlemen, attended by their seconds, arrived at Battersea Fields intent on restoring their h...
Saturday, 4 April 2015

If The Party Leaders Were Fine Wines What Wines Would They Be?

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It has long been one's opinion that good leadership is a little like fine wine. One might quibble over the more contentious vintages...
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Monday, 1 September 2014

Et tu, Douglas? The noble art of back stabbing

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The morning of March the 15th 44BC, was much like any other spring day in Rome. The sun shone brightly on the cobbled streets and red ...
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Tuesday, 6 May 2014

Every creed has its "Cuckoo Faction": why UKIP are 'the new SDP'

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All the great faiths (and political movements are in essence Godless faiths) have schisms from time to time. In 1054 the medieval w...
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Saturday, 21 December 2013

A Very Rees-Mogg Christmas N to Z

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Keen followers of this occasional "blog" will no doubt have noticed that I have left the remaining Christmas letters to th...