The Yorkshire Post Gets It
People keep asking me: "So, how's it going?" I don't have an answer. I simply don't know. But I do know that 48,000 leaflets have been delivered by the [...]
Stray Ferret Candidate Statement
Annoyed with MPs who put party before constituents? Narked, that MPs don’t listen? Frustrated, that all our institutions are broken, exploited by ne’rr-do-wells? Empowered by you, I am your only [...]
Selby Times Manifesto
Annoyed with MPs who put party before constituents? Narked, that MPs don’t listen? Frustrated, that all our institutions are broken? Empowered by you, I am your only solution. Intuitively, you [...]
My Big News: The AI-Powered MP?
Crazily, today I have been confirmed as a candidate in the race to be the next MP at the Selby and Ainsty by-election on 20 July. I’m standing as an [...]
Money
I’m typing, 36,000ft in the air, on my return flight from Milan to Gatwick. Guess how much my flight cost, just for me, without a bag? £12. Two hours, plus [...]
Trump and the Massacre in Goa
Oops: I should have applied sunscreen today. My face is red. Silly me. I’m typing in a hotel bar, then sipping my first Venezuelan rum. Here in North Tenerife, [...]
The Sick Man of Europe
(Written during take-off from Tenerife South, Airport) Travelling on a rickety bus in rural Thailand, back in 2000, I had my only epiphany. The vast distance from home - [...]
Cuban Missile Crisis 2.0
We are living through a more dangerous period than the Cuban Missile Crisis, yet nobody is talking about it. With Russian ground forces getting pulverised, with its air force still [...]
Seven Recent Observations
On the Budget from Dumb and Dumber As I highlighted in my penultimate blog, Truss is an ideologue. She doesn’t hide it. Her recent budget was a piece of work: [...]
Babysitting: In Liz we Trust?
Today, Truss took on Starmer at PMQs. Across both sides of the aisle, the atmosphere was flat. Evidently, Truss lacks the support of the majority of her MPs. Public speaking [...]
