Does leaving the EU mean the UK will be kicked out of Eurovision? ALWYN TURNER explains. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: March 2016
National anthem plus
From 1857, a long-lost verse for the British national anthem. Continue reading
Old King Log: The rise of James Callaghan
ALWYN TURNER remembers the Labour Party’s leadership election in 1976. Continue reading
Pick of the Pops: ‘All In It Together’
The Pirates rage against political sloganeering. (‘Don’t it make you wanna puke?’) Continue reading
Reasons to be leaving: Part 2 – Democracy
SAM HARRISON ponders whether the EU really does ‘hate’ democracy, and ends up agreeing with Boris. Continue reading
‘Close to tears’: Tories and disability
ALWYN TURNER remembers a Tory government in conflict with disabled people in the 1990s. Continue reading
Proud to be British: Colonel Carne
Colonel James Carnes stands strong against his communist captors. Continue reading
A Harold for all seasons
DAN ATKINSON celebrates the 1970s incarnation of Harold Wilson. Continue reading
Harold be thy name
A selection of quotes by and about Harold Wilson. Continue reading
A Sunday kind of love
Remembering the government’s defeat over Sunday trading in 1986. Continue reading
Lion & Unicorn 