John Major famously referred to the ‘ bastards’ who held his government to ransom over Europe . Theresa May is experiencing the same treatment from some new ‘ bastards’ . Some of them are in fact the old ‘bastards’ – John Redwood for instance . Edward Leigh and Peter Lilley also occasionally emerge…
The same team that brought you the Windrush Scandal is bringing you the Brexit Shambles . And the two share the same fatal flaws . Poorly formed Policy based on Soundbites : ‘Really hostile environment ‘ ‘Make life difficult for people without papers ‘ ‘Brexit means Brexit’ ‘All the benefits ‘ ‘Frictionless Borders’ ‘No Hard Borders’…
Everyone , including Amber Rudd herself, is now confused about how many times she has been wrong about the Windrush Scandal and what she knew about targets and when , and what she had agreed to or not. This is a distraction . One wrong dwarfs all the others – massively. That wrong created all…
The Empire Windrush sank in 1954 .This week the Windrush Scandal sank , or at least holed below the the waterline , our sense of national pride in being a tolerant country that treats people fairly and with respect . If the Windrush had not been sunk long ago it would have capsized under the…
For a moment I felt sorry for Amber Rudd as she laboured away at the Despatch Box to clear up the wreckage to the lives of the Windrush Generation caused by Mrs.May’s ‘Hostile Environment’ policy as the evidence of the damage it had done was brought to the to the surface by MP after MP…
Penny Mordaunt , the International Development Secretary displayed the same sureness of touch this morning on the Today programme as distinguished her performances on the Reality TV show ‘Splash’ . She unhesitatingly seized the moment to demonstrate her judgement remains as acute and well based as when she told Andrew Marr there was nothing the…
Anniversaries can make for lazy journalism . You can see how it happens . There is a need to plan the schedule – what’s coming up? Well checking the records you can see that 20 April will be the 50th anniversary of what is referred to as Enoch Powell’s ‘Rivers of Blood ‘ speech given…
