In September 2019 just after the Supreme Court’s decision on whether the then government’s decision to prorogue Parliament was lawful (it wasn’t), a prolific commentator on legal affairs, a KC no less, wrote this: “As a legal matter, if the Supreme Court says it is the law it is the law. Saying “this is the law” is what it is the Supreme Court’s job to do.” Well done. He went on: “Johnson and Cummings and the other moral detritus they…
With the death of Pope Francis at 88 after a 12-year pontificate, this header will look at the candidates to succeed him. In Italian, the candidates are known as Papabili (literally Pope-ables). The rules Surprisingly, only 2 official rules govern Papal elections: These 2 rules mean that the potential pool of candidates is almost half a billion and includes the likes of Joe Biden, Cristiano Ronaldo and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Fortunately, there are also several unofficial rules: The election process is…
If you have any money resting in your account you might be contemplating betting on who will be the next Pope and bookies like Paddy Power are offering odds but I would caution against betting on these markets as this is the epitome of an insiders’ market. No matter how many times you have watched the film Conclave doesn’t make you an expert on papal elections. I wouldn’t be surprised to see the candidate most aligned with the late Pope…
As Reform continue to surge in the polls Scotland isn’t immune to the charms of a Farage led party this time but I wonder if his latest announcement will cause Reform to stall and indeed go backwards in North Britain. Reform going for the votes of disaffected Scottish nationalists is fraught with risks as it risk alienating Unionists who were considering voting Reform but would never countenance supporting the SNP or Scottish independence. Nigel Farage whose lifelong political strategy has…
Today is a day synonymous with resurrection and discussing Liz Truss leading a major political party again would be a resurrection greater than the Son of God. This talk has emerged after The Times reported that Liz Truss has been giving advice to Nigel Farage on how to deal with the blob were Farage to become Prime Minister, unless the advice is ‘Nigel, don’t do anything I did during my 49 days as Prime Minister’ then Farage should ignore her,…
The Express have reported that This appears to be a voodoo poll, a self selecting poll, where anybody can vote, repeatedly as I cannot find anything on IllicitEncounters.com related to the pollster who conducted this poll, and I have spent a long time on their website trying to find that information. Whilst I can understand why women would be attracted to the brilliance of a Cambridge educated lawyer any poll that has Piers Morgan at the top of this ranking…
“The powerful tendency for public discussion of gender issues to drift, inexorably, back to the male point of view.” As on here. And in the media. Take Channel 4 news: after interviewing Maya Forstater, they interviewed men from trans groups and 2 sad trans-identified males. What about other trans people interviewed about a judgment which, in paragraph 248, stated: “we have concluded that a biological sex interpretation would not have the effect of disadvantaging or removing important protection under the…
it feels every time I write about Rachel Reeves or Kemi Badenoch it feels like I am pointing how bad they are in their jobs but this is the only material that is available, both of them need to change the narrative. As Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves has more levers to pull to change the narrative than the Leader of the Opposition. TSE