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Election: from Paradise postponed to Paradise lost…
Some votes may mean more than others: Last week Labour retook a council seat in Harlow it had lost to UKIP. Council elections are not predictive in any sense and for the moment wise heads like You Gov’s Peter Kellner … Continue reading
A matter of debate
The end of January and still the fog persists: There are lots of sights that will give the latest polling figures for the forthcoming election. There are many more that provide a forecast of the election result. I cannot compete … Continue reading
From Je suis to J’accuse in one short week
Murder most foul in Paris Ghost : Murder most foul, as in the best it is; But this most foul, strange and unnatural. Hamlet: Haste me to know’t that I with wings as swift as meditation….may sweep to my revenge. Shakespeare seems a … Continue reading
Attention Readers
Attention Readers – I have received a couple of enquiries about my history pages but the emails inadvertently have been deleted before I replied. If you wish to contact me please use the email under contacts and i will get … Continue reading
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Tudor Chronicles: III Friends In Deed
Tudor Chronicles, III – Friends In Deed….. Christmastide 1598 The sky is ice blue. The hills are amethyst. Shafts of winter sunlight fleck the moor gilding the scrub and heather before passing on. Their cool light warms … Continue reading
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Gunpowder, treason and plot……
A few thoughts before Rochester & Strood has its last word 8th November is a little late to awaken to news of an assassination attempt against HM the Queen. Terrorists it seems are always plotting and history since the time … Continue reading
Mid Term Blues for Democrats as GOP turns US Red or does it?
Mid-Term for Blues Mid Term elections may mean a great deal. Generally in a two party system they have been taken to indicate the turning of a tide from one party towards the other. This was most certainly the case … Continue reading
After the Balls is over…..or another conundrum for the Misters Ed…
Divide and Rule? The main party Conferences have been and gone. The great and good have spoken and the wise and foolish have had their say. The received wisdom is that Labour – still reeling from the shock of the … Continue reading
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The stamp of authority – Elizabeth I – a succession of questions
Myths and history are often so interwoven we are not even aware there is a distinction between the two…… Elizabeth I is associated with two adjectives – golden and virgin. Hers was a Golden Age; its argos perhaps the Golden … Continue reading
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UK General Election – II – Oh we do like to be beside the sea side…
Into the party conference season: The conferences of Trades Unions and Political once used to be the preserve of the English seaside. Blackpool and Brighton; Bournemouth and Scarborough; Eastbourne and Morecambe; Margate and Llandudno all played host. As the summer … Continue reading