At a recent event I was having a glass of wine with a member of Extinction Rebellion (ER). He had all the hallmarks of such…
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I have to admit that, perhaps for the first time, I have become frightened for our democracy. I have lived through the Three-Day Week in…
In international relations, there is no worse message than ranting weakness followed by a retreat. Donald Trump has committed this mistake three times – over…
William Morris expressed the great paradox of political progress best in his fantasy 1888 novel A Dream of John Ball: “Men fight and lose the…
It’s déjà vu all over again. Theresa May got a deal. She and the EU announced it with great fanfare, and then, within hours, it became clear…
Having been given the green light the day before by President Trump, the Turkish army’s invasion of northern Syria began on October 8. The invasion…
“Civilisation is a hopeless race to discover remedies for the evils it produces.” So wrote Jean-Jacques Rousseau, maybe somewhat cynically. Yet, listening to yesterday’s Queen’s…
Many people will be puzzled. Why is the Northern Ireland (NI) issue so difficult to resolve in the Brexit negotiations? When recently questioned about it,…
In ‘normal times’ Westminster’s high ceremonial, the Queens Speech, is intended to showcase the government’s agenda for the coming term. Today it’s quite the reverse,…
In a telephone conversation with Recep Erdogan on Sunday, the President of the United States of America gave the Turkish armed forces the green light…
Legal regulation of cannabis is a public health imperative and will protect children and young people from criminalization that will haunt them their whole life
This is final blog from our chief executive reporting back on the third of the main party conferences … Right back in the ancient times…