Corbynism: the gateway drug to McDonnellism

Jeremy Corbyn is startling sometimes. He has amassed such a bewildering (and bewildered) group of disparate supporters around him, and communicated his ideas so poorly, that it is deeply complex to ascertain exactly what we’re looking at when we see his Labour...

There are so many more reasons to vote Conservative

Yesterday, David Cameron announced the proposed response of the Conservative Party to the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty.  He made it clear that that Conservatives would work within Europe, that the party sees no need to leave the EU, but, in line with our long...

Karma-geddon for Brown

Despite a common misconception, karma is not simply ‘you get what you give’.  We have conditioned ourselves to believe that the sum of our inputs, the sum of our goodness, can be reflected back on us in some future life.  Some people credit karma with...

No two-tier MP system

Northern Ireland’s MPs should be treated exactly the same as MPs from other parts of the United Kingdom. Their expenses should be based on their actual attendance at and participation in Parliament, and no MP should be entitled co claim a red cent from the tax...