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The British Empire had no obvious beginning, and – up to now – no clear-cut end. In my books on the subject I’ve suggested a few possible dates for the effective end of the enterprise – moments when it became … Continue reading →

Of course it was shocking that Nadine Dorries should choose, in support of Liz Truss in the current Tory leadership contest, to re-tweet a photo-shopped picture showing a betoga’d Boris (Caesar) being stabbed in the back by a similarly betoga’d … Continue reading →

In an attempt to regain the initiative in the Tory leadership contest from the ridiculous and devious Liz Truss, clever Rishi Sunak has apparently decided to play the ‘culture wars’ card, against Leftist ‘wokeness’. Or should that be ‘wokery’? In … Continue reading →

It’s great being back in Sweden, in the middle of a glorious summer (better than Britain’s – not quite so hot), and in Darlana, where we’ve been holidaying, and which is standing in now for my vision of Heaven, if … Continue reading →

Now that Boris has given up playing at being PM, one wonders whether he’ll drop out of the political scene entirely. He was never really a serious politician, of course, although his non-seriousness has done us (the Brits) a lot … Continue reading →

Well, it could almost be a great super-plot, by the people who really control Britain’s ‘democracy’: finance capitalists, press barons, clever propagandists, the extreme Right. This was the plan. Get the clown Boris elevated to PM in order to ‘get … Continue reading →

I see that Lia Nici, Conservative MP for the Grimsby ‘red wall’ constituency, is in the news again, repeating the disgusting libel that the Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner ‘opened her legs’ when sitting opposite Boris Johnson in the House … Continue reading →

Our American cousins have it about right. (Boris was born there, of course.) https://eand.co/how-britain-destroyed-its-future-a59f3f5cc6aa

Advance copy. In all good bookshops 14 July. – The provocative (I hope) subtitle, obscured here, is ‘Lessons for Patriots.’ I’ll be back in Sweden two days before that, enjoying the current British political drama from afar.

All the political commentary in Britain these days seems to revolve around Johnson: his character and personality, his morality, his sexual philanderings, his egregious errors in government, his standing with the Tory Party, and his electability. All these things are … Continue reading →