Some quotes from the days when Boris Johnson was the court jester at the Palace of Westminster. Continue reading
Author Archives: Lion & Unicorn
Calling all cliches: Specific criminal offences
What do we want? More criminal offences! When do we want them? All the time! Continue reading
Neither Nottingham nor Algeria
SIMON MATTHEWS on Britain’s most radical political novel. Continue reading
Lies, damned lies & EU citizens
One of the key questions of the Brexit debate: How many foreign EU citizens live in Britain? Continue reading
Sir Keir and the Heart of the Matter
Sir Keir Starmer – he’s all heart, you know. Continue reading
This is not America
In foreign affairs there’s only one question that matters: Are you on the right side of history? Continue reading
2020 Politician of the Year (dead)
Boris Johnson has chosen the wrong lodestar. He should look to an earlier wartime premier. Continue reading
2020 Politician of the Year (decomposing)
The return of our award for the politician throwing it all away. Continue reading
‘I’m quite cool’ – Sadiq Khan
Mayor Sadiq Khan: a career in 55 quotes. Continue reading
Our Man in Malaga
SIMON MATTHEWS on a rediscovered British account of the Spanish Civil War that eclipses Orwell. Continue reading
Camden and the North
David Storey’s 1960 novel, Flight Into Camden, revisited by SIMON MATTHEWS. Continue reading
‘A dream-like London’
SIMON MATTHEWS on Tom Stoppard’s 1966 novel Lord Malquist and Mr Moon. Continue reading
