25th June 2021
The REAL reason the Tories lost the by-election The pundits have numerous perfectly reasonable reasons as to why the Conservatives were annihilated at the Amersham and Chesham by-election. And they’re all wrong. The real reason is that the well-healed people of Buckinghamshire have not […]
18th June 2021
When is a planning permission not a planning permission? The Council chamber is empty. The Nimby’s have packed up their placards and gone home. The officers heave a sigh of relief that their recommendation has been approved. The developer and the army of consultants […]
11th June 2021
Is Mrs Thatcher’s dream coming true? In her first speech as leader to the Conservative Party Conference in 1975, Mrs Thatcher pledged a property-owning democracy. She wasn’t the first, the concept had been around since the 1920s. The Tory Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, whose family […]
4th June 2021
I’m proud to be an oik We love to label people by class. It helps us put them in boxes. The best effort was by John Cleese and The Two Ronnies and you can see it here. Nice and simple – just three classes: Upper, […]
21st May 2021
Shock as housing crisis ends Now just because I’m Irish, there is no need for comments about my infamous drinking. Look at the map. You will see that for the vast majority of people in the UK, housing is not their primary concern. It’s only […]
14th May 2021
Mama, we’re all sleazy now* Welcome back to my weekly – and sometimes irreverent – look at the world of politics. I call it ‘Just a Minute’ because it only takes SIXTY SECONDS to read it. Last week’s elections proved one important point. The ordinary […]