Derek Conway: shades of Gray?

Pity those poor Conservatives who seem to be suffering from family breakdown at the moment. I can’t help but think that James Gray, Andrew Pelling and now Nigel Waterson would not be facing the problems they’ve been having if only the government offered all married couples a £20 a week tax bribe. But I digress.… Continue reading Derek Conway: shades of Gray?

Policy by smoke signal

The confusion over whether the government is or isn’t going to support moves to scrap the blasphemy libel laws has reminded me of the ongoing debate over the government’s plans to make it illegal to incite hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation. In a bad case of wanting to have it both ways, Peter… Continue reading Policy by smoke signal

Back online

A few hours ago, I started what I thought would be a pretty straightforward upgrade of this website’s software. Big mistake. Now, 7 hours later, I seem to be back again. Apologies for the disappearance. Everything seems to be working again, at least at the punter’s end of things. Let me know if you notice… Continue reading Back online