January 31st, 2022. The toast gets higher. The Sue Gray report into Downing Street and its parties/gatherings was published today. Except that it wasn’t. A document was presented to the Prime Minister which was described as an update. This was placed in Parliament’s library and Johnson attended
January 29th, 2022. Has Johnson escaped being toast? Johnson’s allies are trying to rescue his premiership slowly scraping away at the accusations that have been made against him. The big question now, is will he make the great escape? Please refrain from making unkind comments about the picture, such
Brownstone Institute brownstone.org The Brownstone Institute for Social and Economic Research is a nonprofit organization conceived of in May 2021 in support of a society that minimizes the role of violence in public life. Allison Pearson writing for the Telegraph recounts her anti-lockdown views from early on, and
Mark J Patrick sojournal.co.nz How to Lie with Statistics is a book written by Darrell Huff in 1954. Admittedly I haven’t read the book, but it rose to prominence in recent years due to being on Bill Gates “Summer Book List” from 2015. While it was surmised
David Haggith rt.com David Haggith is an author published by Putnam and HarperCollins. He is the publisher of The Great Recession Blog and writes for over 50 economic news websites. The University of Northampton, an institution which appears to have suffered an irony bypass, slapped a trigger warning on
Like all Cultural Revolutions, the Black Guards of the racial-cultural revolution paralysing the West are long on self-righteous violence, but very short on truth or historical awareness. As Orwell wrote of the youngsters of 1984, “Nearly all children nowadays were horrible”. And the children of Ingsoc are as
righttolife.org.uk A former Conservative Party councillor is being investigated by the police after admitting that he administered a lethal injection to his wife who had been diagnosed with terminal cancer. 71-year-old property developer and former army medic Douglas Hellier Laing admitted in a newspaper confession aiming
Sue Roberts University of Portsmouth Sue Roberts lectures in Politics and Public Administration at Masters level at the University of Portsmouth. She has 20 years experience in local and national government, with a special interest in communities and partnership working. The UK prime minister, Boris Johnson, is facing calls to
As Britain plunges more and more into an energy poverty abyss, no-one dares mention the gigantic, green elephant in the room. This is not just another inconvenient rise in the cost of living: this is literally life and death stuff. Already, Britain’s own energy regulator admits, thousands of
Michael Cook mercatornet.com Michael Cook is the editor of MercatorNet. The election of Roberta Metsola as president of the European Parliament has revived a debate on its position on abortion. She is the youngest-ever President and the first person from Malta, the smallest member state, to lead an
January 25th, 2022. Updating the furore about the future of Boris Johnson I have previously been expressing the views that Johnson is toast. We are progressing faster to the stage where he is burnt toast. Here is a clip from 11 am this morning of the leader of the Metropolitan
Kurt Mahlburg mercatornet.com Kurt Mahlburg is a writer and author, and an emerging Australian voice on culture and the Christian faith. He has a passion for both the philosophical and the personal, drawing on his background as a graduate architect, a primary school teacher, a missionary, and a young
Noreen O’Carroll mercatornet.com Dr Noreen O’Carroll is a lecturer in medical ethics at RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences. The lower house of the Irish Parliament, the Dáil Éireann is currently considering the “Dying with Dignity Bill 2020”. The most striking feature of this bill is
Paul Whiteley University of Essex After studying economics as an undergraduate at the University of Sheffield Paul Whiteley obtained Masters and Doctoral degrees at the University of Essex. His first academic post was as lectureship in Politics and Statistics at Kingston Polytechnic in West London before moving to the University
Pauline Maclaran Royal Holloway University of London Pauline Maclaran is Professor of Marketing & Consumer Research in the School of Management at Royal Holloway. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Prior to becoming an academic she worked in industry for many years, initially in marketing positions and
