As readers will be aware, in my view the “Ming must go” debate in the blogosphere is a distraction being lead by armchair generals who are either unwilling or unable to conceive of what they are really calling for (i.e. self-immolation for the party for the second time in 18 months, with the option for… Continue reading Not whispering but shouting
Category: politics and life
Shuffling in the shadows
There have been not one, but two, shadow cabinet reshuffles since I last blogged. I’m beginning to make the dead tree press look positively on the pulse. First, the Conservative one. I can’t decide if Cameron has simply decided to copy everything Gordon Brown says, or if he has given up the ghost and has… Continue reading Shuffling in the shadows
The Church of England: Sheffield is so gay…
I don’t just make this stuff up, you know: THE floods which claimed seven lives and deluged thousands of homes were the result of “moral degradationâ€, claims the Bishop of Carlisle. The bishop, who is a leading evangelical, said that people should heed the stories of the Bible, which described the downfall of the Roman… Continue reading The Church of England: Sheffield is so gay…