Readers with long memories may recall the television game show, It’s a Knockout with its now-disgraced presenter Stuart Hall, stripped of his OBE and jailed in 2013. Transmitted between 1966...

As last week’s commentary looked at the political splits among local Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, so this week looks at one root cause of the divisions - the Local Plan...

When political parties do the splits it can be very painful too, especially if they’re not very fit in the first place

January Vandalism was to prove to be one of the defining factors throughout 2019 as the new season started with the Wokingham town centre Christmas tree being wrecked, car windscreens...

This week’s commentary takes a mixed look at the General Election, the campaigns, results and reasons - particularly in the light of the ‘surprise result’. Working out the reasons was...

You’re sure of a big surprise. OK, it was last Sunday rather than “today”, but there was one surprise at Reading Gate (next to the Madejski Stadium), then another one...

With claims, counter-claims, analysis and fake news all competing to describe what the parties are actually proposing, the electorate’s reaction to manifestos and their costs have run back and forth...

Manny n. A diminutive name. Fester n. The condition of something that festers. Yes - it’s week 3 of the 2019 General Election and the main party manifestos have been...

Gruel is a thinner version of porridge and has historically been a staple of the Western diet, especially for peasants (according to Wikipedia). Thin gruel however has virtually no substance...

This column was originally published in The Wokingham Paper of Thursday, November 14, the day nominations for the 2019 General Election closed … finally decided - that’s later today (Thursday,...