The event was held at the headquarters of the British Medical Association in Tavistock Square, near Euston in London. I’ve walked past the building hundreds of times without realising it contains a really impressive main hall – capacity 300 I guess – plus a whole range of conference facilities –…
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‘The bobby on the beat’ is a policing catchphrase that’s so old it’s practically prehistoric. With good reason though; everybody worries about crime, and wants to be reassured by the sight of someone in uniform patrolling a street near their home or place of work. Even though Weston is one…
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Politicians have never had a great reputation. In most polls of occupations you’d like your children to enter, they rank somewhere between bankers, journalists and smallpox. And if you look at old-time newspaper caricatures, it’s been that way for centuries. But most MPs I meet, from every political party, do…
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Constitutions ought to be straightforward things. Bits of political plumbing to make sure democracies work properly, so power can transfer smoothly from a dying Government to a new one without a punch-up. But that’s not what ours is doing. The plumbing is blocked. We’ve got a Government that can’t govern…
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