Yesterday’s post on The Telegraph‘s Lockdown Files series focused on top civil servant Simon Case and how Government ministers and advisers brought about the first lockdown in 20… Read More
Over the past several days, I have been digesting The Telegraph‘s series about the pandemic, The Lockdown Files.
Readers who missed them can catch up on my posts here, here, here, here… Read More
My most recent post on Liz Truss examined her first two weeks in office as Conservative Party leader and Prime Minister, from September 6th through the 16th.
Things had started out so well… Read More
This post concludes the story of how Rishi Sunak became Prime Minister.
Those who missed them might find parts 1 and 2 of interest.
Before concluding, an important anniversary took place thi… Read More
In the United Kingdom, we had 12 days of wall-to-wall television coverage of the late Queen Elizabeth II and her family, which ended on Monday, September 19, 2022.
The commercial channels br… Read More
At the weekend, it seemed as if more and more people began waking up to the fact that coronavirus policies of lockdowns and forced ‘vaccines’ did more harm than good.
Sweden was… Read More
Despite receiving more brickbats this week, Prime Minister Boris Johnson is still standing as Parliament enters its February recess.
Former PM John Major had a go at Boris about Brexit in a… Read More
Sunday, February 6, 2022, was the 70th anniversary of the Queen’s accession to the throne — a Royal record.
To mark this historic Accession Day, a new official portrait of Her Ma… Read More
It was saddening and maddening to watch events unfold in Afghanistan this week.
General McKenzie and the Taliban
On August 29, the Washington Post reported that General Kenneth McKenzie, com… Read More
In case you’ve missed the earlier posts in this series, here they are: parts 1, 2, 3 and 4.
The best known of the minority MPs from David Cameron’s premiership — 2010 to 20… Read More
This article titled “Coronavirus live news: Angela Merkel heckled in parliament; UK job retention scheme to end” was written by Damien Gayle (now) and Helen Sullivan (earlier)… Read More