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Back when I was an industrial correspondent in the Seventies and Eighties, we had a word for employees who refused to go to work. It was called a ‘strike’. The unions withdrew their labour and their members didn’t get paid. Most of the time, these strikes were over money, even though Britain was an economic … Read more
Some people are on the beach. They think it’s all over. It isn’t. For the past two months, the country has been in lockdown, so I can understand why the natives are getting restless. I’m one of them. But that’s no excuse for a Jolly Boys Outing to the seaside. Certainly not on a Wednesday. … Read more
London Is Open. How many times did we hear the city’s two-bob chancer of a mayor Sadiq Khan parrot that trite slogan in the wake of the Brexit referendum? He even lit up the London Eye in the colours of the EU flag to proclaim that despite the Leave vote, the city welcomes all-comers and … Read more
Back in 2004, in the run-up to the U.S. Presidential election, I was invited to take part in a special edition of the BBC’s Question Time, live from Miami. Your Uncle Rich managed to cause uproar when I described my fellow panellist, the agitprop, anti-Bush, American film-maker Michael Moore, as ‘the Lord Haw-Haw of the … Read more
On his return to work yesterday, Boris Johnson channelled his inner Winston Churchill and announced that we are nearing the end of the beginning in the fight against Covid-19. Conscious that next month’s events to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day are having to be curtailed because of the lockdown, the Government is already … Read more
From the Off, I’ve been happy to admit that when it comes to the coronavirus crisis I don’t have a clue. Is the lockdown justified? Should it be lifted immediately? The simple answer is: dunno. And neither does anyone else. You pays your money and takes your choice. The best and brightest minds in the … Read more
RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: They called it the biggest gathering of musical talent since Live Aid, although to be honest I hadn’t heard of half the acts involved.
How many people have contracted coronavirus? How many have had it and recovered? The plain fact is that, without the necessary testing kits, no one has the faintest idea. Your guess is as good as mine. Right now, we’re dancing in the dark. But the answer, my friend, may be flowing round the U-bend. Scientists … Read more
The judges of the prestigious Mind How You Go Awards have convened an emergency meeting over police handling of the coronavirus crisis. Since the announcement of the Government lockdown, nominations have been rolling in at an alarming rate. Normally, they meet in December for a leisurely eight-hour lunch to decide the winners of the awards, … Read more
Buckingham Palace has released photos of the Queen holding a ‘virtual’ weekly audience with the Prime Minister. Her Maj is holed up at Windsor Castle for the duration, and is conducting her official business by telephone. Glad to see she’s using a proper landline — which looks as if it was installed when BT was … Read more