Emma Boon, Taxpayers Alliance : Au contrair, mon ami….
Above is the excellent Emma Boon of the Taxpayers Alliance with which we have to disagree on this issue of…
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The government’s Energy Security Policy: Something will always turn up!
Above, a scan of a postcard of the actor Bransby Williams as Wilkins Micawber – circa 1900. That eternal optimist,…
John Hemming: Contempt Or Not Contempt? That is the question.
Above is John Hemming Liberal Democrat MP for Birmingham Yardley. Mr Hemming is reported to have invoked Parliamentary Privilege by…
I am NOT a celebrity: Get me out of here!
One hundred and five years ago today a son was born to two parents in a village called Golberdon a…
The Euro: On course for disaster.
Above is the Preußen. She was a German steel-hulled five masted ship-rigged windjammer built in 1902 for the F. Laeisz…
Ken Clarke and those comments about rape.
Above is Nicolas Poussin’s, “The Rape of the Sabine Women” painted whilst the artist was in Rome between 1637-38. The…
The Sound of Silence.
A few days ago I heard, in all seriousness, a piece on the BBC about electric cars. The big issue…
Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know: Chris Huhne
Above (right) is Lady Caroline Lamb, best known for describing George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron as “Mad, Bad, and…
Cameron and Clegg: El afortunado y El desafortunado.
Today, Sunday 8th May, 2011 is the 66th anniversary of “Victory in Europe” Day, the day that signalled the defeat…
The Alternative Vote: Vote YES.
With four days to go, the British Gazette would urge those voters who have yet to make up their mind…