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Sir Bob Russell’s party pants?
Tweet Lib Dem MP Sir Bob Russell caused a stir – and a surge in Westminster sunglasses sales – at PMQs today by wearing a blindingly bright yellow waistcoat. On closer inspection it seems Sir Bob was...
View ArticleSave Our Bacon
Tweet Some shocking news has filled the airwaves, taken over our TV screens and dominated the BBC’s online news output. Across the nation, listeners, viewers and readers are struggling to take it in:...
View ArticleKirchner didn’t even win a majority of Argentines in the Falklands
Tweet The Falkland Islands’ referendum could hardly have been more clear. Turnout was over 90%, and while 1,513 voted to stay as a British overseas territory, only 3 voted against. Those three are...
View ArticleGosh, crikey – Hugh Grant breaks Leveson’s ethics proposals
Tweet As the self-appointed arbiter of media standards in the UK, Hugh Grant has a lot of opinions about what is and isn’t ethical journalism. Apparently the Guardian is perfectly ethical, while...
View ArticleEU Budget: How did British MEPs vote?
Tweet The EU Budget negotiations have not run as smoothly as in previous years. In the past, the process was simple: everyone sits down, agrees to pay more cash to Brussels then off for champagne and...
View ArticleHow long before Russia seeks a Cyprus naval base?
Tweet The EU’s latest step to “solve” the Eurozone crisis is the pillaging of the savings stored in Cypriot banks. It’s not hard to see the various harmful implications – a collapse of confidence in...
View ArticleThe Pope and the Tyrant
Tweet The new Pope’s PR people are doing a good job for him so far – his practice of going on unexpected walkabouts has been much acclaimed as showing a new, reformist papacy. His message at today’s...
View ArticlePCS boasts reveal the true victims of their strike – the public
Tweet Yesterday, the civil service PCS union went on strike – in a predictable, if unsuccessful, attempt to hijack Budget day for their own publicity. The slogans were hackneyed, the reasons were...
View ArticleStudent riots are back – and they’re infecting the Left
Tweet The anti-everything student movement has plenty of practice at shooting itself in the foot. Attacking war memorials, smashing up taxpayers’ property, even burning down Christmas trees – you name...
View ArticleShami and Liberty’s Leveson silence
Tweet Shami Chakrabarti has never been loathe to appear in the media. At every conceivable opportunity, up she pops to the extent people joke about her omnipresence. That’s fair enough – after all, it...
View ArticlePhilpott case: Don’t ignore the criminal justice system’s responsibility
Tweet The story of the Philpott children, killed by their parents in a deliberate house fire, is appalling. Kids who were born to a chaotic household, whose father and mother reportedly showed no...
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Thatcher the Revolutionary
Tweet There has, by now, been more written about Margaret Thatcher than anyone can possibly read. Some of it is fantastic. Some of it is wicked. Much of it is more about the myths, good and bad, than...
View ArticleHeseltine gets handbagged – one last time
Tweet An email arrives. Even after her death, it seems the Iron Lady still has an acute political aim: APPG MEETING 17 APRIL CANCELLED Rebalancing: A discussion with Michael Heseltine THE...
View ArticleMoving to Conservative Home
Tweet I’m very excited to announce that I have accepted the role of Executive Editor of Conservative Home. As Paul Goodman, the new Editor, writes today, I will be joining the site in a few weeks as...
View ArticleKids are getting more competitive at school sport? Good.
Tweet There has been a lot of hand-wringing today about new polling by the Chance to Shine cricket charity which found that children are increasingly competitive when it comes to sport. The charity...
View ArticleRed Len and the Morning Mouthpiece
Tweet Guido reports that Len McCluskey, the newly re-elected general secretary of Unite, has issued an edict demanding that the union’s branches subsidise the struggling Morning Star. The Star has the...
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