Keynesian Liberal

 As a pre-Christmas treat I've been reading Alan Bennett's latests volume of diaries, "Keeping on Keeping on." I...

Our Secretary of State for Local Government. and Communities, Sajid Javid, is toying with the idea of making all civil servants and local g...

Last week I saw this  film about a  man in his 50s in the North East  of England who, although he has a heart condition, is diagnosed fit...

There are clear parallels between the UK's vote  for Brexit and the election of Donald Trump in the US.  In both countries the "le...

Today is Advent Sunday, the start of the season of three to four weeks (depending on what day Christmas Day falls) when the church asks us ...

The public trial of  Thomas Mair, who killed my MP Jo Cox, last June, has now lasted a week and is expected to continue for another two.  ...

Our prime-minister, Theresa May,  has recognised that “globalisation [is] a force for good” but admits that there are “tensions and...