Showing posts with label Jim Callaghan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jim Callaghan. Show all posts
Monday, October 20, 2025

The Joy of Six 1424

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"By learning from Farage, the Greens risk becoming more like him in form, even if utterly different in content. And in politics, form m...
Monday, April 28, 2025

The Joy of Six 1352

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"He inherited an economy from Wilson suffering from low growth and high inflation which threatened to destroy all Callaghan and his par...
Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Peter Jay's Guardian obituary is a comic gem

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Embed from Getty Images Peter Jay is one of those people of whom, if I had any younger readers, my younger readers would not have heard. His...
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Thursday, June 27, 2024

Sunak should not resign as Tory leader after he loses the election

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He has not, God knows, been much of a leader, and it's not even certain that he will be returned for Richmond and Northallerton next wee...
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Friday, March 15, 2024

Why the general election may well be on 28 January 2025

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I now believe it's likely that Rishi Sunak will put off the general election until the last possible moment, which is 28 January 2025. I...
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Saturday, March 09, 2024

Peter Butterworth was involved in the two most famous prison camp escapes of World War II

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There's a well-known - and true - story about the Carry On actor Peter Butterworth. As a prisoner of war during the second world war, he...
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Thursday, February 29, 2024

We were Vikings once: British primary schools in the Sixties

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A few years ago it was the French who had the secret of parenting: their children ate up their vegetables and didn't get ADHD. Now it...
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Sunday, June 25, 2017

The Boo Radleys: Wake up Boo!

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Wikipedia elucidates: Despite critical acclaim and a cult fanbase, the Boo Radleys were still largely unknown to the general public by ...