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The Ice Queen is a much more interesting character than Cameron.

Philip Hammond, now Chancellor of the Exchequer, known in Westminster as ‘Spreadsheet Phil’ because of his boring accountant’s apporoach, has said that it will take 4 years at least to get out of the EU.

Boris of the FO – what an ideal job for the man. I wonder how many…[Read more]

The Ice Queen is a much more interewting character than Cameron.

Philip Hammond, now Chancellor of the Exchequer, known in Westminster as ‘Spreadsheet Phil’ because of his boring accountant’s apporoach, has said that it will take 4 years at least to get out of the EU.

Boris of the FO – what an ideal job for the man. I wonder how many…[Read more]

There is the old tale of the convict who appealed to the king for a reprieve by claiming that he could teach the royal horse to sing.

Intrigued, the King granted the convict his wish, but insisted that if the horse could not sing within one year, the convict would die.

The convict’s friend asked whether the king’s horse could be taught to…[Read more]

There is the old tale of the convict who appealed to the king for a reprieve by claiming that he could teach the royal horse to sing.

Intrigued, the King granted the convict his wish, but insisted that if the horse could not sing within one year, the convict would die.

The convict’s friend asked whether the king’s horse could be taught to…[Read more]

The Chilcott Report is (surprisingly) damning of Tony Blair’s decision to rush us all to a war in Iraq which has proved to be devastating for iraq, and for the region, and to have led to an upsurge in terrorism. The only people to have emerged with any credit were the British squaddies who had to carry through a horrifying war with insufficient…[Read more]

The Chilcott Report is (surprisingly) damning of Tony Blair’s decision to rush us all to a war in Iraq which has proved to be devastating for iraq, and for the region, and to have led to an upsurge in terrorism. The only people to have emerged with any credit were the British squaddies who had to carry through a horrifying war with insufficient…[Read more]

The title is, of course, from the movie, The Italian Job. It was uttered by sarah Vine, of the Daily mail, to her husband, michael Gove, on leanring that the leave campaign had actually won, rahter than put enormous pressure on Cameron.

What followed was the first stage of what may well be called negotiating an Exit to brexit, though whether it…[Read more]