Category Archives for Journalism
YP No Funny Business – Let Us Vote No To Them All
Tweet Published 28 Feb 2013 in the Yorkshire Post It really should not be necessary: voting for a clown in a general election because you do not rate any of the other parties on offer. The Italian people have just … Continue reading
YP History has been unkind to Harold Wilson, the leader who looked to the future
Tweet Published in the Yorkshire Post 14 February 2013 Fifty years ago today Harold Wilson became the first Yorkshireman to lead the Labour party. Eighteen months later he followed Frederick Robinson, Viscount Goderich, and H H Asquith as the third … Continue reading
YP Ed Miliband Must Junk The Past And Get In Front Of The Future
Tweet published in the Yorkshire Post 4 January 2013 Ed Miliband has had a good year. His party enjoys regular double-digit leads in opinion polls. He has handled some newsworthy issues better than David Cameron, especially the hacking scandals and … Continue reading
YP The Multinationals Don’t Pay UK Tax – They Leave Tips
Tweet Published in the Yorkshire Post 23 November 2012 Our streets are currently full of posters from HM Revenue and Customs. They show a pair of baleful, staring eyes with a warning that the department is closing in on unpaid … Continue reading
YP Obama Wins (The defenders of Middle Earth beat back the orcs): What will not happen now
Tweet published in the Yorkshire Post 8 November 2012 In Democratic party committee rooms in Manhattan, I watch a television flash that Barack Obama has taken Ohio and secured re-election. Wild cheers ring out, as four years ago, but this … Continue reading
YP US Campaign Finance … Because American Government Is Still Worth Paying For
Tweet pubished in the Yorkshire Post 6 November 2012 During the 1992 US elections, I was privileged to observe the campaign of Congressman William Natcher in Kentucky. Mr Natcher disdained all modern media and employed no staff. He campaigned … Continue reading
YP Mitt Romney’s Tough Love
Tweet published in the Yorkshire Post 25 October 2012 As I write these lines, in the United States, it is almost certain that some American child is suffering from neglect, cruelty and abuse in a private residential facility for which … Continue reading
YP Ed Balls doesn’t need to be nice….
Tweet published in the Yorkshire Post 1 Oct 2012 All this year, the Shadow Chancellor, Ed Balls has been pursuing a dogged charm offensive with Britain’s voters. At regular intervals, he has been telling the media about things which make … Continue reading
Ten Good Reasons Why Religion Should Get No Favours From The Tax Man
Tweet published on www.politics.co.uk 10 Sept 2012 The Charity Commission has a new chairman, the author and journalist William Shawcross. He is not afraid of controversy, which is good because he needs to take on quickly a highly controversial task … Continue reading
Romney: a candidate so unappealing he may do real damage to his party (YP)
Tweet Published in the Yorkshire Post 29 August 2012 Reacting to the election of Calvin Coolidge as American President in 1924, H L Mencken said: “it is as if a hungry man set before a banquet prepared by master chefs … Continue reading
