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Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them? Smile, they said. Because things could always get worse. So I smiled. And lo and behold, things got worse. There are …

A man is known by the company he keeps Judge a man, not by what he says, but by what he does, by how he treats others. When Trump was named the Republican party candidate for the US Presidency, when it became clear that Joe Biden wasn’t a shoo-in for …

For there is no folly of the beast of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men I’m not sure what its official name is. But there’s a management technique (not followed by anyone I know, of course…) that is basically “be the biggest a-hole in …

There will be no day of days then when a new world order comes into being. Step by step and here and there it will arrive So it begins. Yesterday, Donald J Trump managed to do what only one person in the past 130 year has managed to do – …

Condescension is the language of fools We live in an increasingly global world. What happens overseas affects us in the UK, and vice versa, to a greater or lesser extent. Which is why, even though it could be said to be none of my actual business, I spend a lot …

But there is good news yet to hear and fine things to be seen before we go to Paradise by way of Kensal Green. Almost the first lesson you learn on Day One of a job as an editorial commentator is that if you slag off the government there will …

I fear your voice has lost its charm, Sauruman Well. This has been an interesting week.  I make no apologies for re-using the headline I used on the morning of November 9 2016 when it became clear that the United States had become so disenfranchised with politics that it elected …