Monthly Archives: April 2023

‘I am the Führer.’ No doubt this was just a bit of badinage on Boris Johnson’s part (retailed by Michael Gove to the authors of a forthcoming book about his ill-fated premiership: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/apr/22/i-am-the-fuhrer-im-the-king-new-book-lifts-lid-on-life-inside-boris-johnsons-chaotic-no-10); but it does seem to fit – … Continue reading →

Public schools (so-called) are getting a pretty poor press today, at least on the political Left, because of their privilege, their socially divisive influence, and products like Boris Johnson and Jacob Rees Mogg. But it wasn’t always so – or … Continue reading →

Is this true? It’s shocking if so. And rather osvensk, one would think. But then Sweden is somewhat a stickler for ‘rules’. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/apr/04/sweden-expelled-1100-british-nationals-since-uk-left-eu Luckily for me I have my dual citizenship. But that poor woman…