The English National Mythology – or the whole world in an email.

The thing about the English myth is that it overwhelmingly reinforces the notion that little England triumphs not only over adversity - many national myths do that in order to produce their heroes - but against overwhelming, perhaps impossible, odds. The little weakling lad who manages to pull the sword from the stone where full-grown …

I Am The Slime – the threat to democracy.

The Seven Principles of Public Life: Selflessness Holders of public office should act solely in terms of the public interest. They should not do so in order to gain financial or other material benefits for themselves, their family, or their friends. Integrity Holders of public office should not place themselves under any financial or other …

The Brexit Government

I hope I'm wrong. There is a phenomenon. I - probably like many of you - have been struggling to understand how it can be that, despite the chaos, the mismanagement, the incompetence, the lies, the contradictions, the corruption, the cronyism, the potentially treasonable behaviour of this government and particularly of our Prime Minister - …

Winners and Losers – Brexit and everything.

Rt. Hon. Boris Johnson, MP Who wrote this? "Open markets enable frictionless trade that supports efficiency and productivity, increases business certainty and facilitates better investment decisions. They are also key in supporting our international competitiveness and maintaining our attractiveness for international investment. The ... integrated market allows workers to move freely ... to work in …

How We Got Here – a recent history.

By way of explanation: my rants, both oral and literary, have become so frequent that my poor wife (and sometimes a son or two) are growing weary. They get in the way of the telly and she can’t hear what they’re saying. The eldest says “You should start a blog” as if to divert me …