Vladimir McTavish – A Kick Up the Tabloids
‘At least Liz the Lettuce waited until she had been elected party leader before she pressed the self-destruct button’. I’m currently
Read more‘At least Liz the Lettuce waited until she had been elected party leader before she pressed the self-destruct button’. I’m currently
Read moreA week is a long time in politics, as the old cliche goes. We never know what could be just around
Read moreBy the time this column goes to press, the UK will have a new Prime Minister. Whoever that person may be,
Read moreWhen issued with a fixed penalty by the Metropolitan Police for breaking Covid rules, Boris Johnson said he was not going
Read moreFew have made the transition from COP to flop with such outstanding speed as Boris Johnson. He had, in the space
Read moreSo, it would appear that Boris Johnson may have finally got his moment to be compared to Churchill. As the withdrawal
Read moreThe problem with having to file copy over a week in advance of publication day means that sometimes what I write
Read moreAs spring arrives and we slowly emerge from the winter lockdown, we appear to have entered some bizarre parallel universe where
Read moreIn Britain, it is now a year since the Coronavirus pandemic reached our shores. And to mark the first anniversary of
Read moreVLADIMIR McTAVISH – A KICK UP THE TABLOIDS Despite starting the year under lockdown, and despite the disaster that is Brexit
Read moreWe have now reached the beginning of the last two months of 2020. The world, at least my admittedly fairly unimportant
Read moreNormally, writing the September edition of this column would be a flying-by-the-seat-of-my-pants affair as I would be having to file my
Read moreTwelve weeks into lockdown, and our through-the-looking-glass ‘new normal’ becomes ever more bizarre. While everyone’s lives seem identical from one week
Read moreThis is, indeed, a strange time that we are living through. At the end of last year, when we all were
Read moreEarly March 2020, Australia. We are now in the third month of the year of 2020, and it is fairly safe
Read moreAs the bells rang in the New Year and 2019 drew to a close, many on the left were still in
Read moreWe live in such volatile times that it is distinctly possible that every word of this column will be either irrelevant
Read moreSeldom in recent memory has there been a bigger disconnect between voters and their elected politicians than the current contest to
Read moreIn 1999, many people were sceptical about the effect the new Parliament would have on the everyday life of ordinary people
Read moreI’m writing this from South Australia, where I’m performing for a month. Despite the country’s close cultural links to Britain, television
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