The spectre of Margaret Thatcher has been waved before the hissing, booing legion of the unemployed in Liverpool this morning and the response was as predictable as that of a pantomime crowd.

‘Hurrah’ they chanted, ‘Find

Over the past 20 years, the NHS has systematically – and I use that word deliberately – built itself into a closed shop for every variety of care.

It has done so I believe deliberately; for

Let’s see how good your memory is! “War, disease, crime and banditry, distress of nations and perplexity will increase until …”

If you were a connoisseur of 1960′s and 1970′s Fleet Street newspapers, you will recognise

I raise a glass to you all – and wish you the best possible Christmas.

It has been an extraordinary year, so many changes in the world – and a good few in my world.

You

It must be Christmas – guilt inducing adverts and press releases have increased dramatically.

In between Fedosi starving in the arms of her well fed Mother, (only £2 a month) and saving Ayesha from marrying at

Ignore for the moment that the picture shows that Windows has failed to load on the computer driving the display.

Just think back a bit. Back behind the bus. In the brain of the driver of the car behind the bus.

Do

The Peelian principle states that “The police are the public and the public are the police“

So when a member of the public is willing to stand up when something goes wrong rather than stay

I make no apology for reposting an entry from 2009. I said at the time it was a classic Bear Trap – and so it has come to pass – The government that didn’t have the spine

The Lib-Dems have a remarkable propensity to swing both ways. Bleeding heart hand wringers over the dinner table – right wing reactionaries when they encounter real life.

The constituency office of Ian Swales received a swathe

What now? This is a watershed moment. For some Lib Dems, it is close to breaking point. Business secretary Vince Cable spoke passionately in cabinet last Monday against making the small casino part of the City a