Boris Johnson isn't Thatcher or Churchill

Boris Johnson thinks he's Churchill. Today's front page of the Sunday People thinks he's Thatcher. He is, of course, neither.

Taking down statues isn't the answer

It’s understandable that protesters for the Black Lives Matter movement have wanted to take down statues that represent reprehensible history.

Boris Johnson thanks NHS staff for saving his life

Dear Boris Johnson

Well done on surviving coronavirus. I genuinely wish you a speedy recovery.

80 years ago: The start of World War Two

It was 80 years ago – on 1 September 1939 – that the Second World War started, when the German Nazi army launched a ferocious and unprovoked invasion of Poland.

Brexit: Support your MP to do what's right

The first duty of all MPs is to put the safety of the country first.

The EU was started for one purpose: peace

On Remembrance Sunday we commemorate the contribution of British and Commonwealth military and civilian servicemen and women in the two World Wars and later conflicts.

True Tories are Remainers

Arron Banks, the insurance tycoon and Brexit campaigner who bankrolled both UKIP and Leave.eu, has launched a vitriolic campaign to deselect Remain-supporting Tory MPs who represent ‘Leave’ constituencies.

Destroying the legacy of past Tory Prime Ministers

When Prime Minister, Theresa May​, said in Florence last autumn that, “the United Kingdom has never totally felt at home being in the European Union”, she not only misrepresented the history of her country, she betrayed the legacy of her party.

The EU was started for one purpose: peace

Sixty-one years ago, on 25 March 1957, the Treaty of Rome was signed by six European countries to form a remarkable new community.

The EU was started for peace

Remembrance Sunday is held in the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth as a day "to commemorate the contribution of British and Commonwealth military and civilian servicemen and women in the two World Wars and later conflicts".

Theresa May is destroying the legacy of past Tory Prime Ministers

Britain's new Prime Minister, Theresa May, is intent on undoing the progressive achievements of all her predecessors. 

Churchill betrayed (again)

A leading Conservative Brexiter has emailed activists using a fabricated quote by Sir Winston Churchill in support of Britain leaving the EU.

At the same time, Churchill’s grandson has claimed that his grandfather would be voting for Britain to ‘Remain’ in the EU were he alive today.

Father, son and Holy post

Who's your father? It’s a legitimate question – or rather an illegitimate one.

At the age of 60, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has just discovered that his father wasn’t the man that his mother married in April 1955.

It’s come as a big shock, both to the Archbishop, and to his mother.

Britain needed many allies to win two World Wars

•  My response to a 'Brexit' poster suggesting Britain won the Second World War singled-handed

A 'Willy Wonka' poster promoting Brexit is doing the rounds suggesting that Britain won the two World Wars single-handed.

The 'meme' poster* states: 

‘So your [sic] telling me a country that won two world wars wouldn't survive on its own outside the EU’

Of course, Britain didn't win alone. We needed allies. 

Churchill wrongly recruited for Brexit

Dead people can’t sue or answer back. Maybe that’s why supporters of Brexit thought they could get away with fabricating a quote by Winston Churchill to support Britain leaving the European Union.

Proud to be British and European

Wanting to get away yesterday from the maddening crowds of the EU referendum debate, I took a Sunday afternoon break to the quintessentially English town of Marlow in Buckinghamshire.

The Great British bunch of migrants (part 2)

• We’re not only an island, we’re part of a planet

Britain is a potpourri of nationalities which makes Britain Great. We may be an island, but we’re also part of a planet. 

The British have probably been the most prolific migrants in the history of the world. British people have gone to live in all parts of the planet, and still do. 

Free at last: Shaker Aamer

Imprisoned and tortured for over 13 years without charge or trial. What happened to Human Rights?

The last British resident to be kept prisoner at Guantánamo Bay, Shaker Aamer, has at last been freed and returned to Britain. Mr Aamer, who has never been charged or tried for any crime, has described being tortured in the presence of British agents.