Lisa Nandy did not endorse turning the armed forces into a peace corps
This week’s duel between the prime minister and the leader of the opposition saw the shadow foreign secretary caught by a stray if inaccurate shot. Defend...
Author: Jimmy Nicholls
Writes somewhat about British politics and associated matters. Contact jimmy@rightdishonourable.com
Gordon Brown named the ‘father of Brexit’
A launch event for Robert Tombs’ latest book This Sovereign Isle led to a cheeky allegation about the parentage of Brexit. Outlining the reasons for us ha...
The British Army’s armoured vehicle problem
Shots were fired in the House of Commons this week as the Defence Committee published a scathing report on the state of the British Army’s armoured vehicl...
The exclusion of inclusive language
It is often so easy to mock ‘inclusive’ word guidelines that it can feel unsporting. Lately the BBC reported the release of such rules for the University of Man...
The attractions of abstractions
‘Words have power’ is a common sentiment among public life’s scribblers, as well as many of its participants. One sense in which this is true is that they give ...