Nicola Sturgeon: Wanting (and getting) jam on it!
The news yesterday that Nicola Sturgeon has decided to add electoral reform to her long list of demands – demonstrates…
Month: March 2015
Whipping boys wanted: Labour's English PPC's?
Yet again, the British Gazette returns to the subject of what Labour’s leaders would do in the situation where they…
Germanwings flight 4U9525: Doing nothing?
We all greeted the news of the crash of Germanwings flight 4U9525 with saddness. We all greeted the news that…
Don't Panic!!!! We're all Doomed!!!!
Yesterday those British Gazette readers watching Prime Minister’s Questions will have been witness to a Most Extraordinary Spectacle. This General…
Jeremy Clarkson: You're fired…..
Normally it is Lord Sugar who says, “You’re fired….” Today it was Lord Hall who told Jeremy Clarkson such. This…
RIP: Freedom of Expression.
Freedom of Speech died on Monday 23rd March 2015 when street preacher Mike Overd was convicted of reading the Bible…
Alex in Wonderland: Now joined by Dave and Ed!
“May you live in interesting times.” The apocryphal “Chinese Curse” has probably crossed the minds of many British Gazette readers…
Between a rock and a hard place: The No Win situation.
Captain James T. Kirk of the Starship Enterprise famously reprogrammed the computer to avoid a “no win situation.” This of…
Eclipsed: Then and now.
This morning brought back memories. Of Wednesday 11th August 1999. That was the day the UK experienced a total eclipse…
A Grand Coalition? Not a snowball in hell’s chance! Utter, utter nonsense! – Looking more likely by the day then.
As election strategists employed by the two big parties pour over the results of the opinion polls and internal canvas…