Pounding on about control just increases the powerlessness
TAKE back control. If there was ever a phrase that showed how ignorant the UK’s Brexiteers were – and still are – then this…
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Trump sacrifices prospects of making America anything – let alone great (again)
DONALD TRUMP’s chances of making any change to the United States whatsoever if he does become president are virtually nil – and he only has…
Powering up the north simply means ditching the dogma
IF the UK government wants to stimulate the so-called ‘Northern Powerhouse’, they only have to take two very simple and straightforward decisions. The first is…
Transport secretary fails to grasp passenger perceptions
UK transport secretary Christopher Grayling could not have been more poorly informed and briefed when he said that industrial dispute involving one of England’s busiest…
Happy Birthday, Prime Minister
Dear Mrs May, Happy Birthday. Being Prime Minister and reaching Downing Street in time for your 60th is quite an achievement, but rather than give…
Left to their own devices?
INTERPRETATION is all in politics – and nowhere is this more true than in reactions to the emergence of Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the…
Business-chasing governments target Brexit-hit UK firms
COMPETITION has broken out to try to persuade UK businesses to leave the country. The first to enter the contest with high-profile publicity operations were…
Foreign Secretary’s honesty questioned during live London press conference
THOSE who despair of Boris Johnson being appointed UK foreign secretary have a new hero. He is New York Times reporter Gardiner Harris. Mr Harris…
Tory leadership contender displays media naivete
HEY ho, so you want to become prime minister and you walk into the viper’s nest that is dealing with a Murdoch newspaper and then…
Trump’s Orlando response confirms political ineptitude
AS an out gay man with Islamic friends, I find Donald Trump’s self-serving utterances after today’s slaughter in Florida highly offensive. Mr Trump’s Sunday morning…