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Might we declare a moratorium on the phrase ‘Back to Normal’?Is your ‘normal’ remotely like that of (Sir, for the moment) Richard Branson? Or David Cameron? Or Tony Blair? Perhaps…
Our prime minister failed to chair not one but five emergency meetings, known as COBRA. The letters sort of stand for Cabinet Office Meeting Rooms In fact they are cross…
1. How do we get out of the mess? And 2. In what kind of society do we wish to live afterwards? I have little idea how we manage 1.,…
Three deities on Mount Olympus, having been instructed by Zeus to lockdown together, decide to hold a symposium. You know the meaning of the word symposium? It is Greek for…
I would like to look at a few women who made a real difference in political life and are often, if not ignored, relegated to ‘also rans’ for their contributions.…
Do you remember that series from the US? Was it science fiction? Should the word ‘surreal’ be used? Who played the part of The Log Lady in New Labour? A…
CLAUSE FOUR “To secure for the workers by hand or by brain the full fruits of their industry and the most equitable distribution thereof that may be possible upon the…
Today is the anniversary of the birth of the Empress Matilda or Maude, mother of Henry II. Depending which side you favour in that particular civil war she might be…
Cameron is using Johnson’s current medical condition in order, just like Blair, to get back on the stage. He now says positive things about his character with a touch of…
I am aware that many people disagree with me about the way in which, today, we should be using the notions of possitivity and negativity. In my view to complain…