Bake off lessons for Labour

As Channel 4’s big-money grab of The Great British Bake Off looks set to rebound against them, with three of its four stars staying with the BBC and likely to feature in a future look-alike programme, we wonder what parallels there may be with the turmoil in the Labour Party. 1 Old hands (Mary Berry, …

The cost of dying

The Sunday Telegraph tells us today that ‘modern life’ is killing our children. There’s been a 40 per cent increase in cancer diagnosis over the past 16 years, it says, because of air pollution, pesticides, poor diets and radiation. Shall we guess how this illustrious rightwing organ will respond to the next call for companies …

Fatuous

In keeping with the spirit of Lady Thatcher’s Wink, this blog will keep a beady eye on those aspects of contemporary social and political life which demand a sending-up. It won’t be short of opportunities. Remember how ‘Mother Theresa’ May launched her premiership with a saintly promise to rule the roost for the benefit of …