After taking 23% of the national share of the vote and electing 150 odd councillors, the political class responded to UKIP (and those who voted for the party) with sheer contempt. The Conservatives were patronising, Labour just ignored the result and…
The partisan nature of our politics and the ever growing ‘hate’ towards different opinions is too much for me. All are entitled to freedom of speech and expression, but the post-Leveson climate makes it almost impossible. Democracy is being undermined by…
One of the most vivid memories of my childhood was when I was merely four years old and playing with Lego with my mother. It was a normal day, nothing special, just engaging in some relatively mundane childish activity; at the lunch time ITN News…
As a political blogger, politics is a wide subject which should create opportunities to write on a variety of topics; the material is endless, with breaking stories providing a new blog post every hour.
But what happens when you find yourself repeating…
I’m not going to discuss politics or legacy. But, when I heard Margaret had died, I recalled these words of US President Richard Nixon when he resigned from office:
Always remember that others may hate you but those who hate you don’t win unless you hate…
