I’m not sure if you’ve noticed but I think I can detect the beginning of an unfortunate tendency that is creeping steadily into our politics. Actually, it’s moving faster than that. It’s ...
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There is an advertisement in London cinema halls that tells you a lot about what the outside world thinks of us. On the surface it’s witty and cheeky. Whenever it’s played it gets a good laug...
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I never cease to be surprised by how unforgiving British politics can be. It’s not just the press which picks on lapses and failures with undisguised glee. The MPs also show little considera...
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I never cease to be surprised by how unforgiving British politics can be. It’s not just the press which picks on lapses and failures with undisguised glee. The MPs also show little considera...
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Perhaps he didn’t mean it. Or perhaps he did not realise what he was saying. Or may be he just got carried away. I suppose that can happen to any man who fancies his rhetoric, particularly in ...
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There is a maxim from the old wild west that governments should always remember : never bite off more than you can chew. Translated into simple English it means never over reach yourself. Governm...
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Forget the rain in Spain, it’s the downpour in Singapore that matters. I’ve seen cloudbursts, with water falling in sheets, hard, relentless, blinding. And I’ve seen them continue for hours...
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There really isn’t another institution like it. Not only is the Army the most efficient, the most professional and very possibly the most polite body of men in India but it’s also the most war...
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I wish I had got to know him better. It’s not that I never had the opportunity only that I threw it away. At the time I considered myself above such mundane temptation. I was obstinate if not ...
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I’m not the philosophical sort and I don’t spend time struggling over big questions or deep issues. Nor am I the type of individual who is concerned about his personal identity or the future o...
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