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Stooges
Read more: StoogesI heard a journalist complaining that Boris just gets “stooges” to do all the work. Isn’t that the whole point? Have a vision and line up enough competent people to do what you want?
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Boris the butterfly?
Read more: Boris the butterfly?Matthew Parris, writing in The Spectator of Boris Johnson’s recent transformation, suggests he should read Tennyson: Today I saw the dragon-fly Come from the wells where he did lie. An inner impulse rent the veil Of his old…
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Not much posted!
Read more: Not much posted!Canvassing, business, technology… no time for posting this week. Skydiving at Lillo this weekend 😀
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K1200S and R
Read more: K1200S and RMark popped over on his K1200R: turned into a nice day for a trundle 😉 If anyone has a continent that needs crushing, we are available.
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“The worst kind of government for the ordinary working man”
Read more: “The worst kind of government for the ordinary working man”A taxi driver reminded me tonight of something my father, a carpenter, has long told me: the worst kind of government for the ordinary working man is a Labour government. Endless intervention, condescension, degrading regulation, a crumbling economy,…
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Redefining “draconian”
Read more: Redefining “draconian”The Times gives these accounts [1],[2] of the powers in use in Britain today, which Sir Ian Blair admits to using on the strength of “almost no evidential material at all”. I wonder when “very very concerned” will…
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Rural France and the EU food police
Read more: Rural France and the EU food policeI listened this morning to a Today Programme podcast concerning rural France. An Englishman resident in Normandy was explaining how the villagers scurry around protecting themselves from the “EU gestapo”. To avoid the condemnation of much that is…
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David Cameron: Food security must be a priority
Read more: David Cameron: Food security must be a priorityI missed this speech. The Conservatives at least are thinking seriously about food security. Highlights from the conclusion, starting with the three action points: Making a genuine free market by ending – once and for all – production…
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George Osborne’s alternative vision for the economy
Read more: George Osborne’s alternative vision for the economyBrown’s political freefall is attributable to the collapse of his three pillared economic strategy. George Osborne has an alternative. Adding to Brown’s troubles, the Justice Secretary, Jack Straw, is lobbying against plans for extended detention without charge. read…