Politics is partly about opinions and persuading others to vote for those opinions, but it is much more about truth. In an election we are faced with a choice between Labour and the Conservative parties. Each puts forward a set of policies and personalities and the voters choose between them. …
Read More »Next PM – the runners, riders and those yet to fall
Boris has achieved what few have been capable of, uniting the parliamentary Conservative Party against continuing his tenure in Number 10. Having survived a vote of no confidence a few weeks ago, ostensibly having the backing of the majority of Tory MPs, we are now left with a leadership campaign …
Read More »A great moment but challenges remain
Today’s announcement from the Prime Minister that the last vestiges of the coronavirus restrictions are being absolished is most welcome and fantastic news. The act itself will expire, the taxpayer will no longer pay for healthy people to test and there will be no more restrictions from the UK government …
Read More »A second chance?
Yesterday’s Prime Minister’s Questions were arguably the most dangerous period in Boris Johnson’s time as Prime Minister. The nation’s fury at the hypocrisy of Boris Johnson attending a (or multiple) parties/social gatherings – combined with MPs opportunism left his premiership near collapse. However, with the Bury South MP Christian Wakeford …
Read More »Many are called but few are chosen.
I think Britain was at its happiest in the first few years of Tony Blair. Thatcher had kept winning, because the alternative was Michael Foot and then Neil Kinnock, but most people did not much like her, let alone love her. We were willing to tolerate the tough unpleasant medicine of …
Read More »The fuel duty freeze is a good thing
Rishi Sunak has resisted the protests and promised a fuel duty freeze – for now. The government is under huge pressure to reduce the deficit, and this is the way some want it to do so. But if that happens, an already-fragile UK economy will become even more crippled. The …
Read More »Rishi Sunak’s success exposes the lies of the left.
In the past days, we have seen some rather disgraceful attacks on the personal background of UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak by a Labour MP, Zarah Sultana, who herself has no track record of any tangible success. In an attempt either to compensate for her own lack of real accomplishments as …
Read More »Don’t lose faith in the Conservative Party or Boris
Many lefties and Labour supporters, even those within the Conservative Party who were angry at the Cummings situation, waited for the release of the YouGov polls, hoping to see a major change in the fortunes of the Tory Party as well as Prime Minister Boris Johnson. However not only were …
Read More »The 1922 must stand with Boris
In recent days we have seen some tweets and comments from UK Journalists that Prime Minister Boris Johnson will soon face the 1922 committee of the Conservative Party. While it is quite usual for any Conservative Prime Minister or Political Leader to routinely face the 1922 if there has been …
Read More »Covid-19 Heroes and Villains
It’s been a while. I last posted a blog here, back in June 2018 and since then have managed to contain my utterings to 120 and then 240 characters but.. That just isn’t enough. What follows mostly applies to the UK but I suppose some will resonate in other countries. …
Read More »Boris, the leader who stood for his people when they most needed him
The novel Coronavirus or COVID-19 has wreaked havoc across the global community, causing significant harm to international economies, social safety nets, standards of living as well as leading to massive job losses in markets that were once viewed as “concrete strong” The fight to stymie the spread of COVID-19 within …
Read More »Rishi Sunak just killed Scottish nationalism
Twice now in the space of twelve years we have seen a British Chancellor do what it takes to save the British economy. In 2008 the Treasury bailed out the banks in 2020 it has just bailed out everyone else. Can any Chancellor prior to Rishi Sunak have had such …
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