Am I an Islamophobe? By most of the current definitions that come to mind, most of them as ill-conceived as the religion itself, I suppose…

Very sad news today from the world of entertainment: Fox News is no longer with us.  By ‘us’ I mean television viewers in Britain.  One…

To adapt lyrics written by the late, and in this quarter unlamented, Oscar Hammerstein, “How do you solve a problem like Kim Jong-un?” Those nuns…

After the Second World War, when France proposed the European Coal and Steel Community – which six countries immediately joined – the then British Prime…

Just to show that I’m not obsessed with Donald Trump, today I turn my righteous indignation on Jeremy Corbyn, leader of Britain’s Labour Party.  A…

Trump just doesn’t get it.  He never will. There are a great many ‘its’ that Trump doesn’t get – starting with what his job is.…

Something sensible has happened during the dog days of August.  London is not going to have a ‘garden bridge’ across the Thames. What is a…

First, dear reader, my apologies for being off the air for the past week or so.  I say so despite having a perfect excuse for…

The men from the removals company are circling as I write, cardboard cartons and masking tape in hand, so this may be my last ‘rant’…

Farewell Sean Spicer – some would say ‘good riddance’ – and welcome Sarah Huckabee Sanders, his replacement as White House press secretary. Welcome, as well,…