“It’s nice isn’t it. The quiet.”

Herald on Sunday, Sunday National, 14th September 2025. It’s now moderately notorious tweet. During the first couple of weeks of the new Labour administration, as new-minted Labour ministers were opening their red boxes and contemplating all the promise of their new responsibilities, one commentator sighed “it’s nice isn’t it. The quiet.” To say this sentiment … Continue reading “It’s nice isn’t it. The quiet.”

Notes on Labour’s necronomicon

Herald on Sunday, Sunday National, 16th February 2025. Is that brimstone I can smell? Has someone lit the hand of glory again? Because someone in Westminster must have been practising the dread necromantic arts this week. The political dead are afoot – and they walk abroad amongst us. In the choice of his principal emissary … Continue reading Notes on Labour’s necronomicon