He asked for very little. And was offered even less!
So it ended the way nearly all British Gazette readers expected it to. Why are we NOT surprised! The phrase…
Author: Editor
@George_Osborne: We'll build a share owning democracy. So British people can buy Lloyds shares but we'll only sell when turbulent markets have calmed down.
Above George Osborne AND BOSS! British Gazette Readers will know that your Editor has a shareholding in Lloyds Bank. My…
“And I'm the Emperor of China!”
Above, the Emperor Kangxi (1654-1722) – the longest-reigning emperor in the history of China. Under his 61 years of reign…
UK Government Policy: Let's tax the poorest at TWICE the rate we tax the rich!
This is the sort of recommendation one would have expected from Louis Auguste Le Tonnelier, Chief Minister to Louis XVI…
An ethical foreign policy: Wisdom tooth extraction – without the pain.
Above, an adaptation of a cartoon of 1900. Remember Robin Cook and his “ethical foreign policy” ? Didn’t last very…
The migrants stupid!
Above, the most expensive White Elephant in Europe? The European Parliament building in Strasbourg. The phrase “The economy, stupid” was…
An invitation to join Mr Mercer and your Editor in prison!
Above, HM Prison Dartmoor and inset, one of Her Majesty’s residents on D Wing. British Gazette readers will be used…
Reading the runes: Will he or won't he?
In previous articles, this organ – along with other commentators – have suggested that the chameleon is likely have the…
I have in my hand, a piece of paper…….. It has Herr's Juncker's signature on it……..
Neville Chamberlain’s famous statement made on the concrete of Heston (not Croydon) Aerodrome on 30th September 1938 will always be…
“Was habe Ich getan?“ & “What have I done?”
There will be times in everybody’s life when we have thought, “What have I done?” It is often followed by…