by The Editor | Sep 16, 2017 | Politics
Last night I was watching the new Grand Designs on Sky. I paused the TV a few times whilst doing other things and oddly just as Grand Designs on live pause was finishing, my TV was on BBC 1 at 1035pm. Trust me it was an accident as I cannot stand watching Reporting...
by The Editor | Sep 15, 2017 | Politics
Westminster’s Brexit power grab is not simply the deprivation of “more powers.” It is a death blow to the entire devolution settlement. Killing devolution is London’s new priority. Direct rule is a central feature of its plan to save the union. Completely ignoring the...
by The Editor | Sep 15, 2017 | Politics
Jacob Rees-Mogg might become Britain’s first out-of-the-closet Catholic Prime Minister. This doesn’t bode well for gay people and women, but it’s unfair to blame this on the Catholic Church. Rees-Mogg is making it up as he goes along. Contrary to popular opinion there...
by The Editor | Sep 15, 2017 | International
Has “political correctness” run wild, threatening to destroy our language and culture? Certainly, it’s a pain to have to learn new terms all the time. And no one likes to be scolded for using the wrong ones. But is this all just a way of repressing free speech and...
by The Editor | Sep 15, 2017 | International
The thing that makes me a liberal Democrat, not a progressive, an Independent, an anarchist or a Blue Dog, is a simple credo; The prerequisite willingness to accept change, coupled with the skills to implement it. Part of that change and implementation is...
