My favourite TV programme of all time is Armando Iannucci’s ‘The Thick Of it’. This goes way beyond comedy into the realms of pure genius. When I watch an episode – even if I have watched it a dozen time before, I roar with laughter. But here’s the thing, there are no jokes. This is all serious stuff. Does anybody not…
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In the blue corner …. in the other blue corner …
I said I wouldn’t do it but, like a car crash, I just had to watch the Miliband v Cameron debate debacle. One commentator summed it up nicely with an analogy: it was like 2 boxers in separate rings with one referee? So what did we learn for our investment of over an hour and half of tele time? First of…
Globalisation – a modern scourge
I generally enjoy The Big Questions on Sunday morning. Last Sunday they touched on immigration – always a hot topic. Specifically, mass immigration that gives oxygen to UKIP. I rarely find myself on the same side as Peter Hitchin but who can argue that it is a matter of historical fact that New Labour set out to create mass immigration…
Deal or No Deal?
They say if you lie down with dogs you get up with flees. This was so much in evidence on Question Time 5 March 2015 watching Danny Alexander squirming with the concept that his party and in fact his seat is marked for demolition. I have no sympathy for the LibDems. They had their chance and they blew it. They…