The political chaos enveloping the UK has made headlines around the world. Is it all true or overdone? This is not an economic crisis The…
The political chaos enveloping the UK has made headlines around the world. Is it all true or overdone? This is not an economic crisis The…
Well, I think the mystery of where Liz Truss bunked off to has been solved. She was not, as Penny Mordaunt had wink-nudged, under a…
My first draft of this article – completed two hours and a life time ago – began: “This premiership is finished. The Prime Minister (Liz…
One must almost feel sorry for them. The political grouping around the authors of Britannia Unchained, that seminal work of ten years ago that painted…
Despite appearances, crises don’t happen overnight. The conditions build up over long periods of time and end up being triggered by some event or other….
I have to say that I’m beginning to feel some compassion for poor old Liz Truss. We watched her eight-minute performance at her appalling press…
When President Macron of France suggested bringing together the heads of government of the wider Europe, whether they were part of the EU or not,…
I tend to agree with Ben Rich last week, in his assessment of the new government, that – however much we may worry about the…
New British premier Liz Truss, and her chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng, have embarked on a gigantic economic gamble. If it succeeds, it will surprise – not…
Questioned on August 25 by a journalist who asked her whether the President of the French Republic was “a friend or an enemy”, Liz Truss…
In politics there are winners who sometimes don’t deserve to win, and losers who are rather unlucky. I fear Penny Mordaunt will fall into the…