A Curate’s Egg
We all remember the old joke about the curate’s egg – “good in parts”. That was my reaction on reading the speech on Brexit which Mrs. May delivered at Lancaster House on Tuesday. By far the greater part of it was indeed good; it is good to know that we will be exiting the EU with complete control over our borders, laws and money and with the right to enter into trade agreements with other countries. Or…
Last Whites of the East End
It is not often that I return to the same topic so soon, but in light of a second article published on the Daily Mail website, reinforcing the points made in their original report, I feel it is pertinent to do so in this instance. On Tuesday May 24th the BBC are to broadcast a programme entitled ‘Last Whites of the East End’, documenting the dwindling to near extinction of the indigenous White people of…
“Rhodes Must Fall”
“Remember that you are an Englishman, and have consequently won first prize in the lottery of life.” said Cecil Rhodes, self made millionaire, Prime Minister of Cape Colony, founder of Rhodesia, patriot, imperialist, and creator of the Rhodes Scholarships at Oxford. It is that last achievement which now lies at the centre of a continuing controversy in Oxford, and more particularly at Oriel College which was a major beneficiary of Rhodes’ generosity and now houses…