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Saturday, 21 September 2019

Ten lessons for young climate activists

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1. More layers Don't keep turning the thermostat up when wearing just a tee shirt. We're saving the planet at that 18° setting. Put...
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Friday, 20 September 2019

Schrödinger's Weekend

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The HoL Supreme Court will keep us on tenterhooks until Monday (I think) for the prorogation ruling so enjoy the next three days. I always ...
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Thursday, 19 September 2019

Democratic reform and renewal

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This follows on from the previous post. Today we have the prospect of the cerebrally inadequate John Major making an appearance in court - t...
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Wednesday, 18 September 2019

In praise of our non-constitution

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The interest with which the HoL Supreme Court has captured an unimagined video audience yesterday strained the government's servers. O...
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Tuesday, 17 September 2019

Bettel nuts

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The images cannot be unremembered; a hysterical hairy little man in a cheap suit, looking more like Ricky Gervaise than the Prime Minister o...
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Monday, 16 September 2019

Rogue Parliament - Rogue Speaker

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When I was a youngster there was a dinosaur factoid about the time it would take a nerve impulse to travel from the tip of a Diplodocus'...
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Saturday, 14 September 2019

Cameron and the Referendum

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"I remember exactly how I decided to call the Referendum. Giles and Penny were coming up for a kitchen supper, and Sam had a spag bol o...
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Friday, 13 September 2019

Democracy Trumps Courts

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Lord Sumption was clearly by accident or design a superb choice to deliver the Reith lectures this year. The current hysteria is seeing the ...
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Thursday, 12 September 2019

Deep State moves towards conflict

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Few would ever have imagined that the deep State - that unlawful cabal of senior establishment, civil service, intelligence, legal, business...
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Wednesday, 11 September 2019

The Brexit economy

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Whilst Boris has a breather to consider how best to tackle the Gordian Knot of Brexit (a mess, it is being reported, exacerbated by Bloody ...
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Tuesday, 10 September 2019

Good riddance to a meretricious arsewipe

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For anyone landing on this post from the post title, I bet you knew the subject straight away. At least UK readers would. Yes, this is the e...
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Monday, 9 September 2019

Another momentous week ahead

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We are living through times that will feature large in the history texts of the future. These are times as portentous as those of 1688 or 18...
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Saturday, 7 September 2019

All Out! Boris to go on strike

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As the early Autumn chill bites, an environmentally-friendly coke brazier at the entrance to Downing Street warms both the government picket...
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Friday, 6 September 2019

The British Road to Dirty War - a cogent warning

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I am struck by the prescience of a considered piece by two British academics for the Bruges Group , which we featured when it first appeare...
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Thursday, 5 September 2019

Anti-democrats fighting like rats to retain power

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The anti-democrats in parliament determined to block Brexit are fighting like trapped rats to try to cling onto power. It will do them no go...
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Wednesday, 4 September 2019

And they're OUT! The party b'long us!

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It's now People vs. Parliament Here is the full list of the EU's collaborators and Quislings who will now have the whip withdrawn ...
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Tuesday, 3 September 2019

The Elephant in the room

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OK let's talk about the Brexit Party. This is Electoral Calculus ' latest data run, from 31st August. It gives Boris a majority of 6...
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Monday, 2 September 2019

Is Theresa May facing deselection?

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Tomorrow will be  a crunch day for Theresa May, as for a score of other Remainer Tory MPs. It is expected that Conservative MPs will be su...
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Sunday, 1 September 2019

English teachers have a day out in Ipswich

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Ipswich town centre saw its largest ever gathering of English and geography teachers on Saturday, as a score or more of pro-EU protesters de...
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Saturday, 31 August 2019

Like all bullies, the EU backs down in the face of courage

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Little Macron, we are told , his delicate heels perched on his shoe-lifts, will now permit the United Kingdom to remain in the EU for a litt...
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