IT was, to say the least, quite a shameful achievement. The very place where the Covid laws were hatched was the one where they were most egregiously and most often broken.
EQUIVOCATION is never a good tactic for any politician. It shows indecision and weakness and invariably gives your opponent the upper hand.
EXPECTATIONS are rising that, as fears of a recession loom, Boris Johnson is planning to unveil a grand giveaway to placate disgruntled voters and maximise his chances of staying in Downing St.
THE fragile target of keeping global temperatures to a 1.5C rise, agreed at November’s Glasgow COP26 climate change summit, remains “alive,” Alok Sharma, the COP President, has insisted but he warned the window of time to keep it so was “closing fast.”
ALL politicians live in glass houses. They throw stones at their opponents and, inevitably, have to be prepared to be on the receiving end when the disfavour is returned. Events mean no one inhabits the high moral ground for very long.
THEY left me for dead,” declared Boris Johnson as the local council results rolled in.
IN a few weeks’ time, possibly even in a few days’ time, lawyers north and south of the border could be dusting down their legal tomes as Nicola Sturgeon triggers the court battle ahead over Scotland’s and, by extension, Britain’s constitutional future.
BORIS Johnson, the U-turn Prime Minister, has hinted he might be prepared to slam on the brakes and change direction yet again as he seeks to limit the damage from the expected Conservative car crash at this coming week’s local elections.
SEXISM, misogyny and pornography. Just another working week at Westminster. It was almost five years ago that claims of bullying were made in the UK Parliament in the wake of the #MeToo movement, which led to ministerial resignations and a shake-up in how “Pestminster,” as it was dubbed, dealt with grievances.
