From Elsewhere: Could a ‘revolt from the Right’ destroy Boris Johnson?
That is the question being posed by Matthew Goodwin, professor of politics at Kent University. He believes that Boris Johnson is in a very…
Oh what a surprise – Or rather not. ‘Long covid’ appears to afflict more public than private sector workers.
During the height of the Covid pandemic there were a great number of people who had no choice but to keep on working. For…
Is there a case for paying MP’s more?
Britain currently has a pretty bad crop of Members of the House of Commons. Second, or in the case of Richard Burgon and Claudia…
Weekend Movie. A stunner from the 1930’s
An occasional post for a weekend movie that you may like to watch. I saw this one ‘Sabotage’ a few years ago and rewatched…
Quote of the Day 07th January 2022. A sensible comment from a thoughtful individual.
One of the benefits and the curses of the Jury system in criminal law is that occasionally juries will turn out perverse verdicts. A…
From Elsewhere: An Observer writer gets it.
I try to read as widely as possible, both those publications whose views I agree with and those with whom I do not. This…
I spy a mistrial application on the horizon.
The US justice system has a lot of similarities to that of the UK. That’s not surprising as much of the US legal system…
Former Peer convicted of historic child abuse.
The case of former House of Lords member Baron Nazir Ahmed of Rotherham who has now been convicted of attempted rapes carried out in…
A lot of fuss over something with a precedent.
I’d like to start this piece off by saying that although like many others I voted for Tony Blair in 1997, primarily because of…
From Elsewhere: Remembering Georgi Markov.
I was a teenager when the Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov was murdered by agents of that country’s Communist Government in 1978 in London. His…
