So the cat is out of the bag. Or maybe it is. A document has been leaked about Brexit scenarios, prepared it would seem by…
So the cat is out of the bag. Or maybe it is. A document has been leaked about Brexit scenarios, prepared it would seem by…
The US government shutdown this year has been short-lived. For now. In the UK, such a shutdown is unthinkable. A government that cannot get its…
I went along to the Worthing Dome at the weekend to see the film Darkest Hour, and it was extremely good – atmospheric, brilliantly acted and…
The UK government’s approach to the Brexit negotiations has involved a considerable amount of threats and complaints. The latest was David Davis’ warning that there…
That is the task that Lord Malloch-Brown seems to have set himself. It is doubtless a good idea for those who oppose Brexit to speak…
How do political parties realign themselves. That is a peculiar mystery in the UK, where everything seems desperately constipated. It also depends on context. The…
The debate has moved on, and “Whitehall sources” confirm it. No longer are government ministers talking about the battle between “hard and soft Brexit” –…
One has to wonder. Is this the most incompetent British government in living memory? The latest fracas relates to the provision to the Brexit Select…
Many commentators in the foreign media of Western Europe and the USA are in bewilderment. A country once known for its pragmatism, disdain for extreme…
Like all strategists, I am fascinated by the past. The future is often seen as growing spontaneously out of nowhere, a sort of ever present,…
“The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is, that it is robbing the human race; posterity as well as the existing generation;…
It’s a funny thing, but Michael Gove’s defence of Boris Johnson, following his damaging confusion about a British woman detained on holiday in Iran, gave…