Tory ministers are falling over themselves to demonstrate their complete disregard for the civilities of political discourse. Yesterday ...

Easter is a season with little in the way of comedy to mark its passing although the confectionery industry has always done its best to ...

It’s my view that the private lives of politicians should be respected as such. But when they choose to disclose details of their priva...

I normally avoid writing in the first person in this space. Politics rarely intrudes – I have no interest in offending readers. But when...

About a week ago the Environment Agency announced restrictions on the use of water in the south of England. The television news displayed a ...

When Britain’s coalition government came to power in May last year its intentions were rather fuzzy apart from the priority it would be givi...