Might include this soup produced in honour of his recent visit to Baxter’s Scottish factory: The rest of the ‘Conservative’ range is, it is said, suitably rich, thick and tasteless… On a more serious note the details of the Johnson diet that have been trailed so far seem to revolve around bicycling on the NHS,… Read more
The only thing Johnson’s government manages to be world-beating at:
And it looks as though Johnson is still doing everything to keep the UK and England in particular, at the top of a table he should be ashamed of – with 444 deaths in the last week and 2,597 in the past month. Comparable figures for France were 40 and 461 – so Britain has… Read more
Masking deceit
Justin Madders MP@justinmadders who is Labour MP for Ellesmere Port & Neston – and, indeed, Shadow Health Minister, came up with this to provide a little levity for Saturday: “Has anyone yet faced the conundrum of needing to buy a mask but they can’t go into the shop to buy one because they don’t have… Read more
Johnson’s terminological inexactitudes – and outright misleading statements
Sorry – but this was just too straight obvious not to repost. Terminological inexactitudes are actually a Churchill term for lies are not permitted in the House of Commons – remarkably since they are now issued daily by this government…. Why on earth have we elected an everyday lier as Prime Minister? Surely the only… Read more
The UK’s useless ‘constitution’
This, I have shamelessly lifted from the twitter feed of Michael Dougan, Professor of European Law, University of Liverpool and Joint Editor of the Common Market Law Review, because I so agree with what he says – even if I have never been cautious about constitutional reform – Britain has been crying out for it… Read more
David Lammy nails it
(Personally, I also feel Labour would have been better served to take this line in the last election) Johnson said on the steps of Downing Street that he’d bring the country together. But every chance he gets he has a go at Islingtonian “remainers” – the area where he used to live – so presumably… Read more
Russia report surely represents prima facie Johnson’s Misconduct in Public Office
Or how the Tories have completely broken the already shaky, British democratic system. I was aware some time ago that French television had filmed people in Aaron Banks ‘Go Skippy’ insurance (now prominent in offering European Health Insurance for next year’s holidays, as there’s no opportunity like one you’ve prepared for yourself) ringing people up… Read more
Government for wimps
This is the basics of an email I intend to send to a very organised and on the ball small businesswoman whose husband has just, unfortunately – and remarkably to me, given that he works in construction – lost his job during this pandemic. I didn’t find it easy and if anyone has any comments… Read more
The perfect Brexit Summary
And we seem to have a government that is mad enough even with easily the worst pandemic outcome in the EU to actually leave finally at the end of 2020 with no further transition period. It is getting harder to be optimistic at Britain’s future prospects…… Read more
The seven Nolan principles of public life are no substitute for a decent constitution
When in 1994, John Major set up the ‘Committee on Standards in Public Life’, Lord Nolan, former appeal Justice, came up with these seven principles of public life: Selflessness Objectivity Integrity Honesty Accountability Openness Leadership Moreover, the committee is supposed to advise “the Prime Minister on ethical standards across the whole of public life in… Read more
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