How To Lose Weight. It's Simple, But it's Not Easy.

Apparently there's an obesity epidemic, and it's because naughty restaurants and "the food industry" are trying to overfeed us as part of a conspiracy to, um... something. And I think everyone knows, deep down, that this is theory is nonsense.…

Internal Party Democracy is Undemocratic.

The Labour left have had a peculiar mental tic since at least the days of Tony Benn (Man of the people and 2nd Viscount Stansgate, 1925-2014). They do not see Members of Parliament as representatives, who use their own judgement when legislating.…

"We Survived Without the EU" and other fallacious arguments for Brexit

The British Government apparently withdrew the planning for a withdrawal from the EU without a deal from public scrutiny, because it contained plans to cope with disruptions to food supply chains. This was "turning people against brexit". Now…

Brexit is based on a mood, not a policy. From this emptiness flows the chaos.

If you're not following it closely, it's easy to ask, as an American correspondent did recently, "why doesn't the United Kingdom just leave the European Union, and get on with it?". Well, it's more complicated than that. The referendum vote…