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But he did not understand the price. Mortals never do. They only see the prize, their heart’s desire, their dream… But the price of getting what you want, is getting what you once wanted. It was International Women’s Day last week and it rather passed me by. I was busy …

He is the very model of a modern major general There can’t be many out there – with a few Russian exceptions – that don’t have a full-blown crush on Volodymyr Zelensky. I wrote this before I heard the Ukrainian President’s speech to the House of Commons yesterday evening – …

And if you tolerate this then your children will be next I’m a bit worried, I’ll admit it. At times – mainly those trying to get back to sleep at 4 in the morning times – I’m not so much worried as scared. As a child growing up in the …

A fool thinks himself to be wise, But a wise man knows himself to be a fool As they (probably don’t) say; when one door closes, another will open and smack you straight in the face. Just when we think we have got ourselves back to, if not normality, then …

Fire that’s closest kept burns most of all We need more insulation in our houses in the UK. That’s according to Chris Stark, who is head of the UK’s Climate Change Committee. No sh** Sherlock. Stark has told the BBC that he rates the government’s policy on insulation as “very …

I’m going to throw people under the bus, I’m going to throw people over the bus, I’m going to get on the bus, take the wheel and get that investment from Lord Sugar. It’s National Apprenticeships Week. My emails and Twitter timeline has been full of case studies and features …

You have sat too long here for any good you have been doing. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go I’ve been trying to write something about the goings-on in Parliament without it becoming an incoherent rant, full of sound and …

Now does he feel his title Hang loose about him, like a giant’s robe Upon a dwarfish thief… There are so many things to be concerned about happening in the world right now that really should be putting Cakegate into perspective. But we – the embittered electorate and the mainstream …

Some men change their party for the sake of their principles; others their principles for the sake of their party. Much as it pains me, as a journalist with a heartier than average appetite for news, to say this, but I am seriously considering switching off from all forms of …

For Brutus is an honorable man; So are they all, all honorable men We live in odd times when the newspaper headlines are full of stories relating to a garden party. And not one that the Queen was at either. So, 100 or so people who had all been working …