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…
Erasing the Enslaved
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.John F Kennedy No sooner had the jury reached a verdict on the charges of criminal damage to the statue of dead slaver Edward Colston than a petition was launched…
Sealed With A Glasgow Kiss
Global leaders are meeting in Glasgow, appropriately enough on Halloween, in order to discuss for the 26th time whether or not the planet will continue to be habitable. One would…
Pork Barrel Politics
Tens of thousands of pigs slaughtered and dumped, thanks to a bungling Brexit deal and lack of foresight by our clown PM in Westminster. Before commenting on this debacle, it is important…
Yes, We Have No Bananas
As well as fuel shortages, Brexit has brought about severe shortages of food, with empty shelves in many supermarkets. You would have thought the Brexiteers would be happy about the…
Not Enough Capital For The Capital?
A new report by the Halifax Building Society shows that Winchester is now the least affordable place in the UK to buy a house. The historical capital of Wessex now…
Wessex Regionalists condemn vandalism of Somerset county emblem
The Wessex Regionalists have condemned the daubing of a Cross of St. George symbol over the ‘Welcome to Somerset’ sign on the southbound M5 near Loxton. The sign, which displays…
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…