politics – The Ventilator

“A NEW ERA! Watched BBC election coverage til 4am – a landslide Labour victory and a new MP for the

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I’m writing this almost a year to the day that the government introduced legislation requiring voters to show certain sanctioned

On Remembrance Sunday, honouring a tradition started by his great-grandfather more than a hundred years ago, King Charles III laid

The idea of a special ‘Island designation’ for the Isle of Wight is making the rounds again, with MP Bob

There is a crisis of confidence in the way this country is policed. Not just the details – for example

I’m currently reading a novel called A Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy. Its protagonist, Connie, is

There have been many four-letter words used to describe Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his ministers. ‘Tory’ is the most

Just under a year ago I wrote about the likely impact of COVID-19 on our high streets. American management consultancy

I wrote a few years back about how we Island dwellers have an all too apt reputation as miserable, whining

I often dine in company. This is less a claim of social indispensability, and more an admission of my inability