Category: Politics

Toby on Tuesday

Today’s post is written by Toby Horton. Toby was the UKIP candidate for Thirsk and Malton in the 2010 and 2015 General Elections and is currently Chairman of UKIP up there on the moors. He writes a weekly blog, Toby on Tuesday, that tries to make sense of the issues facing UKIP and the direction… Continue reading Toby on Tuesday

Ban Driven Grouse Shooting

This is the title of a petition made to Parliament. As it has received  more than 100,000 signatures it is eligible to be debated later this year.

Sinking Sterling

  Hear ye, hear ye, all the news from Annecy! Actually there isn’t any today. It has been overcast with cloud hanging over the mountains and my mood seems to sync with the weather.

The Headless Horseman

There is a lane at Barmeath called the Headless Horseman because, according to legend, a horse bolted back from the Battle of the Boyne with its decapitated rider still on board.

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EEA

Three months after the EU referendum we are having the sort of detailed debate we should have had three months before the referendum. It comes as no surprise that Nissan’s continued investment in the UK is at jeopardy. Let’s look at the numbers.

X Marks the Spot

A retirement project is to be a Short Term Observer (STO) for overseas elections. At the beginning of this year I completed an online course and waited for an election to come along.

What’s an MP’s Job?

By and large I am prepared to disagree with anything Jeremy Corbyn says without listening. JC, in case you have been living in political detox, has been re-crowned as leader of the Labour Party in the UK. However, I sort of agree with him about this –

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Tumbril Talk – Part One

Six political parties in the UK are led by women (pedantically five 1/2); none so far as I know in the US. However, there have been women who have carried considerable influence in American politics and none more so than Alice Roosevelt Longworth.

The Law of Unintended Consequences

The Law of Unintended Consequences is a pervasive tyranny that we live under. Governments raise tax rates and raise less revenue. In the UK there is a 5p charge for plastic bags so people buy big, strong plastic “bags for life” that get thrown away – you get the idea?

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What Brexit Means, Everything You Need to Know

The CEO of Rolls-Royce made a fleeting appearance here a few months ago and was dubbed a Super Good Egg. The news spread (not far) and I’ve heard his wife sometimes calls him an SGE. Well, I like to keep an eye on SGEs to make sure they are staying up to the mark.