..very unpopular this austerity lark, so it is to be binned for a small splurge of spending instead.  Look at the numbers though -...

I'm usually last man standing, backing our people. I was the one saying 'Sven-Göran Eriksson was the best England manager we have h...

We learn that May told her MPs: "I got us into this mess, and I'm going to get us out of it" .  I even take a tiny crumb of co...

So, time to reflect on the DUP-Tory negotiations. Much harder this time round than 2010 when Clegg and Cameron were clearly such bossom bu...

More than 700 flats in tower blocks on an estate in the Swiss Cottage area of north-west London have been evacuated because of fire safet...

One of our esteemed Anon's asked what's up with Centrica closing down the Rough storage facility.  It wasn't a complete bolt fro...

There is certainly plenty of Government in the UK, different levels going right up to the EU and ECHR. In our daily lives we are all affec...

So we are off, the first round of negotiations has started. David Davis, a solid pair of hands if not spectacular, has laid out the term...

Context for younger readers:  those of us who gew up in *ahem* the late 60's became accustomed to assorted Communists, Trots and even Ma...

How long will May as UK Prime Minister last? A) 5 days B) 5 weeks C) 5 months D) 5 years Answers and Comments i...

As CU says, what a mess. Too weak to govern. Too strong to give up. And an opposition too weak to govern and too strong to not want to ...

1. DUP - clearly demanding not only pork-barrel money from the Tories but also anti-Sinn Feinn policies, which has stopped the confidence an...

So, farewell then, Vincent de Rivaz , point-man for France's baleful nuclear policy in the UK, architect of Hinkley Point C, persistent...

I really commend our BTL commenters for the expressions of fury at the election, its outcome - and of course the years of dumb and blind pol...

The UK General Election has had the opposite effect to what was hoped. Instead of stability and assuredness for Brexit, we have a coalition ...

"The loyalties which centre upon number one are enormous. If he trips he must be sustained. If he makes mistakes they must be cove...