I think that the first way to understand the rights and
wrongs of unelected de facto Prime Minister, Dominic Cummings, is this. Imagine
if leader of the opposition, Keir Starmer, had done the same. Take a minute or
so.
The thing that is a trifle odd about the outrage aimed at
Dominic Cummings, is that it is small beer in comparison to his general
behaviour. He used all kinds of legal and illegal forms of unethical practice
during Brexit, and ...
The immigration points system vote in parliament yesterday was a crushing blow for people who come to the UK to work. It is also a crushing blow for businesses that rely on them. Leisure, retail, construction, agriculture and care services will all be trying to figure out where they can source their workforce.
The government have squared that circle in the agricultural industry. Last week they voted down a bill that asked for American ...
I was speaking to a chap at our cricket club yesterday who is a local farmer. He is also a Tory but otherwise he is alright really. I had contacted him to find out his thoughts on a law that was defeated on Wednesday. This is part of a process to not have British food & agriculture restrictions on imported goods.
The bill, put before parliament by Tory rebels, was a 'Common Agricultural Policy' to ensure imported food met British food ...
Who would have thought that within six months of being Prime
Minister, Boris Johnson would have his friends in the right-wing media circling
above him like vultures?
For Johnson to have The Daily Telegraph turning on him is a
special moment. It is just unfortunate it is a health crisis he is making a
hash of. Although, in truth it would always have taken something like this.
Anyone who has followed Johnson with a reasonably keen eye, will ...
I have never
been much use at science and maths. I would sit there in the class and some
boring bloke would droll on about numbers and letters as I got lost in a
distant haze. I could do basic maths (arithmetic) quite well, but chemistry,
physics and biology were alien to me.
On the odd occasion I could just about follow it, then by the next lesson it
would be gone. This meant I fell further back as others pushed on. My dad (a nuclear
scient...
