Obituary: Douglas Stuckey
WR officers recently learned of the death in August of one of our oldest and most committed members, Douglas Frederick Lancelot Stuckey. He was 99. Douglas entered active politics through…
It’s So Lonely On A Limb
Princess Elizabeth became Queen Elizabeth while in Kenya, then a colonial possession still 11 years away from independence. The Mau Mau revolt against British rule was about to begin. Back home, Scotland…
Surging Out Of Convalescence
Market-based fragmentation and the ravages of the profit motive in the NHS are now revealed as the false economies we always knew them to be. A national service, the NHS…
Of Toffees and Toffs
UNESCO’s decision to strip Liverpool of World Heritage status might appear to have little to do with Wessex. Not so. Wessex is home to all or part of five World…
Beyond A Boundary
The Boundary Commission is currently undertaking its 10-yearly review of parliamentary constituencies, though in fact this is the third review in a decade, as Government has dithered over the degree…
The Wyvern and the Whippet
If I sit in on general meetings of the Northern Independence Party, I make sure there’s a Wyvern draped somewhere in the background. The point isn’t to over-emphasise our equivalence…
PayPal Bull
We’ve been using PayPal for a while. It’s lived up to expectations as an easy way for not-for-profit organisations to process membership fees and donations. Until now. This month we…
2020 Annual Report
Every year around this time, we have to file an annual report of our political activities to the Electoral Commission. This is our report for 2020. Alexander Thynn, founder of…
Flights of Fancy
We’ve had to become experts in flag law, because until 2012 it was a criminal offence to fly the Wyvern without first obtaining planning permission. Marking a historic change of…
England Expects
Last week, we reviewed the Tories’ integrated defence and foreign policy review. This week, there’s a more specific document, Defence in a Competitive Age. As usual with this lot, what’s…
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