Bluetongue plagues our countryside

Bluetongue plagues our countryside

With Bluetongue disease detected in Suffolk, I ask myself what is  happening to our countryside? And what confidence can we have in Defra, after its recent bungling of foot and mouth disease? The arrival of bluetongue was a shock, it is spread to farm animals by...
The Brown’s body language

The Brown’s body language

What does this picture tell you about the Brown’s body language? Gordon Brown is deliberately posing for the camera with a very fixed smile, while Sarah appears to be floating by his side as an uncomfortable appendage. We were used to seeing the Blairs holding...
How many women could handle 200 lovers?

How many women could handle 200 lovers?

I received an invitation today with my latest edition of The Spectator, to celebrate the launch of a new biography, “Jennie Churchill, Winston’s American Mother”, by Anne Sebba. It boasts that she was “outspoken, dazzlingly beautiful and had...
Outrageous shutting down of British blogs

Outrageous shutting down of British blogs

It’s extraordinary, but true, and even though we live in a democracy where freedom of speech is a right we can enjoy, that freedom does not extend to your blog if you upset a rich and powerful person. That is the gist of Iain Dale’s unbelievable post...