The magical mystery Brexit

THERE ARE a sequence of events that create a mystery in the whole Brexit process to date, and is important to solve going forward. 

In January 2017 the Lancaster House speech set ...

My Grandad’s story should remind the PM who’s debt she is in

WORDSWORTH'S remarks about the French Revolution sum up best how I felt on the glorious morning we found out the referendum result. 

“Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive,

Ruth Davidson’s speech to Birmingham Tory conference

We thought our followers might like to read Ruth Davidson’s speech to the Conservative conference in Birmingham; here it is as circulated.

Sweden beyond the cliches

A REVIEW of Sweden, Dying to be MultiCultural, the Rise and Fall of the Humanitarian Empire, 2017 edition, Paperback and Kindle.

Pelle Neroth Taylor is a young half-English, writer from Sweden who has ...

Blocking Brexit or backing another referendum would cost Labour at the polls

Labour’s attitude to Brexit and a second referendum could cost them 19 of their 25 most marginal seats, making a Labour government a more distant prospect. Voters want to get a move on with Brexit ...

Venezuela’s tragedy: appalling healthcare going from bad to worse

HUGO CHAVEZ talked a lot about caring for the poor and sick, enshrining the right to free healthcare in the constitution and spending large sums on importing Cuban doctors into new healthcare facilities. 

Those leading the anti-smacking campaign are outside the real world of families

THE DISCUSSION around banning smacking is highly confused. John Finnie who is proposing the bill equates smacking children with domestic abuse. While severe smacking or punishment is already illegal, his bill will outlaw mild smacking ...

No sweet music as government turns a deaf ear to policy failure

THE FUTURE OF INSTRUMENTAL AND VOCAL TUITION in Scotland's schools has been grabbing headlines and occupying the attention of politicians in recent months. Decisions by local councils to end free music tuition, or to greatly ...

Venezuela’s tragedy: The disintegration of the health sector

VENEZUELA IS SUFFERING from an acute health crisis, with many suffering and dying from preventable diseases. Public spending on healthcare has been drastically cut back, and private citizens, desperately trying to afford food and basic ...

Sweden’s Sunday awakening for established political parties

A RECORD TURNOUT of over 80 per cent is expected on Sunday’s election and around 50 per cent have already voted by post or have done so in their polling stations which, in Sweden, are ...

Venezuela's tragedy: a country in free fall

WHEN PEOPLE abandon a country in droves, it is rarely a sign of a healthy economy.  2.3 million Venezuelans (7 per cent of the population) have fled poverty and economic despair, and another 2 million are ...

Why the Chequers plan will deliver a Corbyn government

GLOBAL BRITAIN has commissioned polling to determine what the Chequers Agreement will mean for the Tory MPs who will ultimately face the electorate. Across the forty-four most marginal Conservative Party constituencies – including Ayr, Gordon ...