The depressing case of Mr Shane Ridge. Above is a family photo which includes a Mr Shane Ridge, a constituent of Mr Andrew Stephenson the Member for…
North Korea: Mistaking weakness for strenth. Above is the USS Arizona Memorial, dedicated on 30th May 1962 to all those who died during the attack, straddles…
Defending the Faith. Above, a street scene in Tower Hamlets. Fidei Defensor (feminine: Fidei Defensatrix) has been a title borne by English and…
“It wasn't me Miss! It was him!” Above, is Sister Charity IHM a teacher at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Preparatory School in Namong-Offinso, Ghana. Sister Charity…
There won't be ANY bluebirds over the white cliffs of Dover. Given the dramatic and dreadful consequences of a possible “train crash Brexit”, I can’t help thinking of the last time…
"There seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships today!" Above, Admiral of the Fleet, the Earl Beatty on the quarterdeck of the battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth (Y turret in…
Verletzungsvergehen ist streng verboten! (Causing offence is strictly forbidden!) The Chief Correctional Commissar, Alison Saunders (above), AKA the Director of Public Prosecutions has written in the Guardian of her…
Quod praedatores autem Britannia. One of the reasons why I chose to live in the area I moved to at the start of 2014…
BREXIT: Putting the pieces back together again. The news that Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai is following in the footsteps of former Pakistani president Benazir Bhutto and has…
Burning bras. Burning burquas next? Above Senator Pauline Hanson of Queensland and the contretemps in the Australian Senate. It is a truism of politics that…