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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 …

Thrift is poetic because it is creative; waste is unpoetic because it is waste. Greetings, gentle readers. Happy New Year and all that. As I write this, I can see that the bin-men have just arrived in our road. Are we still supposed to call them that these days? Waste-operatives? …

Use, do not abuse… neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy The most over-used phrase in the last few weeks – apart from “It’s OK, it’s just a cold. Not covid” – is probably “you couldn’t make this up”. As more and more evidence appears of party after party, …

Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them Hands up if you know anyone who rigorously stuck to every single Covid guideline during 2020 and 2021? No, me neither. During the first lockdown, the period history will term the Time …