Politics

Firstly, a declaration of interest. I am deeply suspicious and cynical of our masters and, most particularly, politicians. I once wrote a piece suggesting that – in a skewed version of Marx’s dictum (Groucho’s of course) regarding club membership – by definition, anyone who wished to become [...]

Here are some UK press website articles that might be worth a look this weekend: A new poll of EU countries reveals a gulf between the attitude of voters in the UK towards the EU and those of voters in EU countries towards the UK being in or out – see here – THE GUARDIAN/OBSERVER Matthew [...]

Today’s piece in the Torygraph by fellow political columnist Peter Oborne is worth a glance – see here: DAILY [...]

Officially launched on 30th July 2009, the Chilcot Inquiry into the UK’s conduct of the Iraq War was originally intended to conduct its business and publish its report within twelve months. Nearly four and a half years later it is still some way short of being able to do this because of what [...]

Yesterday, on his LBC radio show, the Lib-Dem leader Nick Clegg entered the political ‘debate of the moment’ by describing ‘NEWSNIGHT’ presenter Jeremy Paxman as someone who made nearly £1 million per annum from politics by sneering at it. This after Paxman’s entertaining interview joust [...]