Time takes a cigarette …
I HAVE more time on my hands during these days of (semi-) retirement, but like sand, it seems to keep
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Revisiting the dark days of Thatcherism
THE road to hell is indeed paved with good intentions – regardless of how often I promise myself
India beckons once again
HEADING off to India for a few weeks of heat and sunshine and watch from afar as the world moves
Alex Salmond: ‘the most talented, formidable … politician of his generation’
A WEEK is a long time in politics, and while Keir Starmer and his once-proud Labour party continue their unremarkable
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‘This behaviour with the Home Office needs to stop’
THE National published this story at the beginning of this week but I didn’t post the link because it was
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Will the Home Office ever show any compassion?
The depths to which the UK Home Office will stoop never fail to amaze me. This case, which I wrote
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In Scotland’s Yes city – and elsewhere – the sun sets on independence
SO, the SNP’s past caught up with them and they suffered the electoral consequences. That past included mandates from the
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Somehow, managing to not have much to do with the general election
I’VE been doing my best to stay away from the general election apart from watching the odd leaders’ debate and
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UK Home Office is more inhumane now than it has ever been
THE first story I wrote about the UK Home Office and what became its ‘hostile environment’ was more than a
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A few words on a holiday paradise
A number of friends have asked me why the company I was working for and myself parted company just before