The Times July 10 2019 In 1980 Margaret Thatcher declared to the EEC (the forerunner of the EU) “I want my money back” and threatened to withhold payments or even leave the trading bloc altogether. A BBC camera crew crouching low behind a hedge in the gardens of the Palace of Versailles while they […]
Washington Examiner July 9th, 2019 In 1980, the British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher exclaimed to the EEC (the forerunner of the EU) “I want my money back” when she thought Britain was paying too much and threatened to withhold membership payments or even leave the trading bloc altogether. A BBC camera crew crouching low […]
The Telegraph June 28th, 2019 The extent of the murder of LGBT Iranians is almost unimaginable Fifty years ago in the face of harassment and corruption from the New York Police Department, a riot broke out one June evening following a raid on the Stonewall Bar by the NYPD. The gay community was not […]
The Telegraph May 24th, 2019 Today is do or die. If, despite growing hints from Number 10, Sir Graham Brady, Chairman of the Conservative 1922 Committee, fails to get an unequivocal departure date from Theresa May when he meets her, the reputation of the Executive of the 1922 will have shattered. And the Conservative […]
The Telegraph May 17th, 2019 This costly juggernaut is over-budget, behind schedule and makes a mockery of Conservative principles In a recent Telegraph article, my colleague David Davis highlighted the spiralling costs of HS2. Several Tory leadership contenders have already said they would knife the project if they were Prime Minister. And a further blow to […]
The Telegraph April 26th, 2019 Members of Parliament are tearing their hair out at the thought of the Withdrawal Agreement coming back to the House of Commons for a fourth time while the electorate in their utter frustration look set to vote for the Brexit Party in their millions in the European Elections. Leavers […]
The Telegraph April 11th, 2019 Having sunk to humiliating herself and our nation by begging for more time in Brussels, the Prime Minister should not expect to be buoyed by her party’s support. Theresa May, U.K. prime minister, leaves a news conference following a European Union leaders summit in the Europa building in Brussels […]
Telegraph April 4th, 2019 Theresa May’s response to Brexit has resulted in falling opinion polls, a drop in donations to the Tory Party, and collapsing membership I am über loyal to Conservative Prime Ministers. I have been über loyal to Theresa May. But no longer. I have become exasperated with this decent, kind, hardworking, but […]
The Telegraph April 1st, 2019 On Monday April 1st, yet again, Parliament will be setting its own agenda and not those of Her Majesty’s Government. It now seems all roads point irrevocably towards a General Election. And the very toughest decision of all now faces the Prime Minister. The choices before Parliament seem to […]
The Telegraph March 27th, 2019 I never much liked the Withdrawal Agreement. There was so much wrong with it – not just the Northern Ireland back stop. It is a monster complete with bells and whistles dreamed up by civil servants on both sides of the English Channel. It was designed, it seemed, to […]