2016-09-24 19:08
Before getting into the specifics of this particular piece, it's important to note that no-one is suggesting that all change is bad, or even that historic cities such as Chester shouldn't e… Read More
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2016-09-01 12:29
Although now separated by the city’s inner ring road system, Dee House was primarily identified with Little St John Street in the city, which is now marked by the modern day Lumley Pla… Read More
2015-06-30 15:28
I can't imagine that it would surprise anyone to learn that David Cameron is a highly enthusiastic supporter of and proactive cheerleader for the economic, socio-political experiment… Read More
2015-06-10 17:40
There seems to be a common myth that those of us who are fundamentally opposed to our continued membership of the European Union, do so because we are afraid of the bigger world outside of… Read More
2015-06-04 18:05
I'm sure that it's not just me, who can see the yawning chasm that exists between what Prime Minister Cameron will actually demand from his European counterparts; and what most British citi… Read More
2015-06-03 12:31
Perhaps it's only the practice of so-called advanced western nations, to continually tinker with their legal statutes to such a degree that almost inevitably they end up with a legal system… Read More
2015-05-29 08:29
So, David Cameron and his new Conservative government have finally come clean about the actual wording of the question that they intend to put to the British electorate with regard to our c… Read More
2015-05-23 10:13
Although the idea of whoring oneself is generally used in an entirely sexual context, in a much broader sense it could just as easily refer to the idea of an individual, or a group of indiv… Read More
2015-05-16 13:29
I think it's interesting that if you were to take the time to look up a list of British politicians who are most widely respected and whose legacy is most highly valued by the British publi… Read More
2015-05-13 13:35
Winston Churchill once wrote "Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body; it calls attention to the development of an unheal… Read More
2015-05-12 14:11
As much as we'd all like to think that things have fundamentally changed in our modern 24 hour society, in that our traditional media of newsprint, television and radio, the so-called Fourt… Read More
2015-05-11 18:45
Rightly or wrongly I've always held the view that the Thatcher government of the 1980's did more to undermine the idea of a single British nation than any other leader before or since, alth… Read More
2015-05-09 13:44
Well, there we have it, another UK General Election out of the way; and ultimately the "best" of the two likely candidates for the job of Prime Minister, now firmly back in 10 Downing Stree… Read More
2015-03-17 14:06
I have to admit that I'm not a huge fan of Channel 4's broadcasting output at the best of times, largely because, for the most part, it seems to be little more than a national broadcaster t… Read More
2015-03-12 17:09
Whenever I hear the howls of outrage from any of the mainstream parties in response to pretty much anything that UKIP leader Nigel Farage says nowadays, you can probably take it for granted… Read More
2015-03-11 16:11
As a life-long smoker, I fully recognise what a truly unhealthy habit it is and certainly wouldn't recommend it to my worst enemy, let alone to someone that I actually cared about. But then… Read More
2015-03-07 13:50
If you ever needed conclusive evidence that our political system is utterly broken and corrupt, then look no further than the suggestion made today (Saturday 7th March 2015) by Conservative… Read More
2015-02-14 11:11
It might well be argued that today's British political landscape simply mirrors that of many other western European democracies, in that it is fundamentally broken and no longer truly repre… Read More
2015-02-10 19:07
It is hardly reassuring to note that some British politicians think that it's entirely appropriate to think about awarding themselves and their colleagues even more executive powers to wiel… Read More
2015-02-09 11:29
In ancient Rome, the "mob" was more commonly known as the mobile vulgus and much as today its general purpose was to bully, intimidate, harass or isolate those individuals who had become the… Read More
2015-02-06 14:51
Having previously scoffed at the suggestion that we indigenous Britons might well be out-bred by foreign incomers anytime soon, that is not to say that our traditional way of life, our histo… Read More
2015-01-31 13:06
I wonder how anyone can hope to accurately put a price on someone else's life, let alone make a deliberate choice between who should live and who should die, a moral conundrum that would al… Read More
2015-01-28 20:16
Nobody still living quite knows the entire truth about the life and times of John McCafferty, the supposed Confederate Captain who was said to have not only served with one of the most nota… Read More
2015-01-27 19:12
It never fails to astonish me that some people still seem to regard David Cameron as a successful Prime Minister, despite the fact his Coalition government has proven itself to be one of th… Read More
2015-01-26 19:02
I kind of take the view that the forthcoming British general election, the most important and the most uncertain for a generation, according to most polling experts, represents perhaps a fi… Read More
2015-01-23 14:53
Personally I can't see what the big attraction was about the televised debates back in 2010, other than to definitively prove that style won out over substance in the case of Nick Clegg, whi… Read More
2015-01-21 11:22
Today's reports of UKIP leader Nigel Farage once again talking about the future of the NHS and the part that private healthcare provision might play in it, will undoubtedly be manna from he… Read More
2015-01-21 11:22
Today's reports of UKIP leader Nigel Farage once again talking about the future of the NHS and the part that private healthcare provision might play in it, will undoubtedly be manna from he… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
And for incredibly stupid people too, it appears! Following on from the recent announcement that our parliamentarians are considering awarding themselves an extra week off work, as a result… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
The Telegraph columnist, Janet Daley, penned an extremely good article today entitled "The people feel ignored,-and they are angry": in an attempt to explain the growing chasm between the B… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
At the stroke of midnight last night in the UK, our laws were irrevocably changed forever, as "same sex" marriages became a legal entity in their own right, marking an end to a change in the… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
I wonder just how slow, or stupid, people need to be, to believe that the creation of a two-speed Europe, as opposed to any other speed you care to mention, will make any real difference to… Read More
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