A bunch of recent television programmes about Harold Wilson brings back to mind an experience I had in 1965, when I had a job between school and university with National Opinion Polls. In the 1964 General Election which brought Wilson … Continue reading →

Iraq: maybe it isn’t civil war, but then it’s anarchy. Absence of law and order. That’s what Bush and Blair have achieved.

Oh What a Lovely Democracy If the treasurer of the Labour Party didn’t know about those loans; and if the people who loaned the money were then put up for peerages; and if peerages are given by No.10; then the … Continue reading →

If I’d started this blog a few weeks earlier, I would no doubt have used it to report on my recent trip to Tehran for the Fajr Film Festival, but since not, my diary of the visit has instead been … Continue reading →