Update #1, 08/03/2013: Met Police emailed seeking acknowledgment of receipt of letter, which was finally sent on February 10th 2023. Preamble In keeping with normal practice, I offer my draft letter to Met Police for comment before I send, but also time to allow a higher profile person to take…

As sure as night follows day, Farage & coterie were up in arms when the government tested reaction to the idea of a “Swiss-style” approach to future relations with the EU. And just as surely, in an immediate return to the Brexit politics of 2017–2019, any previous ‘Remainer’ (e.g. me)…

This is a draft of a proposal that councils can make about ending ‘no fault’ evictions, in the light of the apparent refusal by the Truss government to honour the 2019 manifesto (and June White Paper). I am happy to assist councillors and officers further. DRAFT LETTER Simon Clarke, Secretary…

There’s a crucial point approaching in the possible Qatarization of Britain later this month, if and when UK-India Free Trade Agreement (FTA) talks are concluded to satisfaction of both sides. I wrote about Qatarization back in 2020; in that piece I wrote about the lie at the heart of the…

I’ve been re-reading Kafka’s main (to me) stories in date order: Wedding Preparations in the Country,The Judgment, Metamorphosis, The Trial, The Castle, and Amerika. I’ll leave out the Penal Colony for now. I know them all like the back of my hand but I’ve really only just clocked that the…

Background 1/ Much of the decent debate on the energy price crisis, including debate within Labour/left circles, has centered on whether the ‘big five’ energy retailers should be nationalized. However, as understanding has grown of the wider energy environment has grown [1], so too has the understanding that, while nationalization…

Marc Stears has told the pundits they need to wotk out what Prime Minister Truss is going to do about the energy crisis. I don’t think I count as a pundit, despite being better at punditry than most of the pundits, but FWIW here’s what I think Day 1 of…

The local government world has, perhaps understandably, been pretty quiet about the joint cost of living and energy crisis; neither energy supply not meeting basic food needs is a core part of their service delivery,and rents are out of their control, so they may wel lfeel as powerless as the…

Martin in Montmouthshire thinks Owen Jones should condemn the attack on Salman Rushdie, presumably because if Owen Jonesdoesn’t condemn it, then Owen Jones must support it. This may be a trolling account, but I think may be indicative of how the attack on Mr Rushdie will be fitted the the…