Sortition sounds OK as an alternative method of electing MPs compared to our current system, and probably would work. But you’d also need put in place the same

There are many things to like about living in Britain. The history, scenery, diversity and a largely benign environment are wonderful as are many other things.

Ray Bradbury who has just died, wrote the famous Fahrenheit 451 book which was about a dystopian future where books were outlawed because the pace of life had become quick and where

A thought has occurred to me, whilst watching lefties witter on about the “awful waste” that was the Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

This was government spending, the kind of spending the same lefties are calling

Technically, I cannot really endorse the Royal Family. However, this is not because I a radical Republican and radical democrat. Far from it!

The trouble is that in my admittedly somewhat eccentric World view, they are

Statistics and numbers can be pretty boring. Long lists of numbers or charts showing lots of wavy wiggly lines with no meaning.

But numbers and figures

Last week, 32 children were among 90 people killed in Houla, Syria. The international community has united in its condemnation of the people responsible for

This is the best 60th Jubilee photo I have seen.

Hat-tip: Peter Ould, who writes an Exercise in the Fundamentals of