Tag Archives: Boris Johnson
Tory Party Conference: Ten Years On
Ten Years ago to the day I was, for the one and only time, at the Tory Party Conference. In fact this was the only party conference I’ve ever attended. I had applied for and won a bursary to cover … Continue reading
Green Industrial Revolution or Greenwash?
Earlier this week I imagined, not altogether seriously, how Boris Johnson came to create his Ten Point Plan for the climate, or the Green Industrial Revolution, if you like. At the time there was no detail other than the Prime … Continue reading
The real story behind Boris Johnson’s Green Industrial Revolution
Imagine the scene. Our fearless Prime Minister is holed up in his flat above Number 11 Downing Street, self-isolating. He’s fuming, having received a message from Dido’s fabulous test ‘n’ trace App, that he has been exposed to covid19, again. … Continue reading
Six visitors for you, Thirty grouse shooters for me. Counting the iniquity of the new covid laws
The figures for positive covid-19 tests have been climbing inexorably since a lull in the summer. Figures of 3000 new cases a day, despite the shambolic breakdown in testing carried out by the private sector (Pillar 2), look very much … Continue reading
Boris Calls for CAP to be scrapped: Farmers warn this will cause the sun to explode
From Farmers Weekly: “Boris Johnson calls for CAP to be scrapped Philip Case Tuesday 30 September 2014 09:00 London Mayor Boris Johnson has called for the CAP to be scrapped. In a letter to the Daily Telegraph, Mr Johnson said he … Continue reading
Boris talks up HS2, pretends he doesnt “get” Ancient Woodland.
French High Speed Railway By VincentdeMorteau (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)%5D, via Wikimedia Commons Last week Mayor of London Boris Johnson had an extended and I have to say very interesting interview published in Total Politics magazine … Continue reading
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