A reminder to all of our annual predictions quiz. As always, first up the result from last year. In a close race Andrew has edged it - rea...

It’s been a few years since we all went to the opera at Christmas, but here we are again, at a rousing performance of the tragi-comic Madam...

The 2018 Christmas Political Online Emporium. All your gifting needs. The Jeremy Corbyn Trouser Creaser. This versatile trouser crea...

Really, what a mess and how interesting what a small and low cost mission this has been by the interlopers. As said in the comments to th...

In the sphere of my specialist subject (energy, that is; not the random history stories or the doggerel) I am well acquainted with the truis...

On Friday I happened to be talking to the circulation manager of a member of the Dead Tree press, who was bemoaning in his cups the poor sal...

Labour's Brexit strategy?  ... actually, they haven't got one. At best, it's just a glorified vulture-tactic: circle aimlessly...

Jesus Wept. I mean, the whole Brexit thing is unreal in its perfect realisation slapstick, fine balance and pure frustration. So Ma...

Just Go A number of years ago I hired a guy to be head of European sales.  With most clients, there was very strong potential for follow...

... says Simon Jenkins .  So that's alright, then. I think he's predicating this on 'No Deal' being ruled out.  Let's ...

So here we go for a momentous week in UK politics (and business/economics). The kick-off has already begun, with the ECJ ruling that Brex...

Here's a pretty kettle of fish.  None of it reliably ' officielle ', of course, because they don't have leaders.  But no won...

Macron was elected with a 2:1 majority**.  Much good has it done him.  But oh, how he was greeted by the liberal elite!  And oh, how much c...

OK, I really can't believe that the UK could ever have a worse Prime Minister than Gordon Brown. However, has this moment now been reach...

High visibility indeed The French are free with the cobblestones and the CS gas, as I know to my cost - this from two years ago, when ...

As always, lawyers love their legal games and in their own minds raise these to the level that they are critical to the world. Lawyers, lovi...

George Bush Snr, 41st President, was a man who truly knew how to conduct both himself and the affairs of state.  From a solid war record in ...

Ten days ago I wrote, under the heading Powering Brexit Through The Grid : Some things in life are decided by the better-prepared and more...