UK politics and current affairs

ID cards. A very emotive subject for the last few years and something suddenly thrown back into the spotlight by Labour’s decision to publish a timetable for their roll-out. Let me start by being very clear on this. ID cards, their concept, reasoning and justification, are disgusting and I will never carry one. They are fundamental breach of the contract between State and Citizen, that being that the state has no role to play in making anyone prove who they are. If I want to live in a cave eating berries, I will. If I want to sit at home all day watching the ... Read Full Story

With a slice of lemon. Shake vigorously. And pour. The bitter sweet cocktail of British politics continues unabated, until, that is, the summer recess. Yet as each year comes and goes, and parliament seems less and less in tune with the hearts and minds of British voters, one fact remains clear. The Tories are undergoing now, almost exactly what Labour underwent in the 1980s. Back in those long lost wilderness days of 1997-2001 (ah, my youth, I sigh), William Hague had an air of unelectability around him from day one. He struck to the right, and occasionally tacked to the centre for widespread appeal, ... Read Full Story

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