Spare a thought for Freddie

“I suspect the quietude we are currently seeing on (the Fred Goodwin) front is down to neither side of the political debate being able to claim crowing rights in the matter…” Continue reading

Mr Gove And His Amazing Minefield Clog-Dance

“Mr Gove And His Amazing Minefield Clog-Dance I’d love to be a fly on the wall at Michael Gove’s next performance appraisal. I happen to have met a few of the senior whips at the conservative party and I can imagine one in particular, sitting back, making a steeple of his fingers and asking, with terrifying nonchalance “So Michael, what have we learned about two deeply unpopular ministers exchanging stupid ideas by non-secure memo on a slow news week?”. For a slow news week it is. One capsized cruise liner, a couple of cut and dried murders and the limited … Continue reading