A modest proposal

A modest proposal

Dear Conservative Parliamentary Party Collective Consciousness, Back when I was a callow youth in 1995, the thing which drew me to the Conservative Party was that we were essentially boring, grey suited people who happened to know quite a lot and happened to be very...
The Future of Unionism

The Future of Unionism

So, this weekend, suitably be-anoraked Irish Nationalists gathered in the Three Arena, Dublin, to begin what they hope will be open dialogue in preparation for an inevitable action towards the political unification of Ireland as a state.  It apparently didn’t appear...
Jog on, wrong’un.

Jog on, wrong’un.

When, aged 15, I joined the Conservative Party in the library of my school, I was aware of the reputation that would gather to me. I was boring, toryboy, I would be forever alone, my politics was more important than human interaction and, after all, I was joining the...
All in this together.  Or ‘fun with anagrams’

All in this together. Or ‘fun with anagrams’

It is clearly the case that, despite the best hopes and dreams of members of the Conservative Party, Boris Johnson has not been forged, either via the hammering of COVID nor the white heat of Brexit, into a world class leader and statesman. It is also fairly clear...