The Supreme Court has illustrated how to restore judicial judgments in the UK to objective facts instead of subjective beliefs. Instead of trying to read Prime Minister Boris Johnson's motives, as the Court of Session judged, Lady Hale, President of the Supreme Court, specifically excluded this in her statement explaining the unanimous decision of eleven …
Category: Politics
The political left and right
It is common to hear commentators refer to the left and right in politics and it is a sure put-down to call someone far right or far left. Such terms mean something to the politically-minded but because many people are not political it is more helpful to use other, more exact descriptions. People have different …
The argument for mature politicians
David Cameron said in today's BBC programme The Cameron Years that he never had enough time as Prime Minister to make decisions but plenty of time to think about them after his period as Prime Minister. “I do brood hugely, and the truth is, as Prime Minister you don’t have enough time, sometimes, to think, …
The father of lies
Biblical ignorance has found its way into the Supreme Court in London, U.K. Aidan O’Neill Q.C., barrister for Joanna Cherry MP, declared today to the Supreme Court justices that “the mother of parliaments has been shut down by the father of lies”. The BBC referred to "robust exchanges". If this is meant to be meaningful …
The Lib Dem Revokers
EU Remainers are by definition those who voted to ‘Remain’ in the Brexit Referendum to leave the European Union on 23 Jun 2016. Since then, these Remainers have fallen into four categories. RemoanersRemoaners are activists in the Remain camp who demonstrate that they are bad losers by refusing to accept the result of the EU …
The challenge to Royal authority
The sovereignty of Parliament, the sovereignty of the monarch, the sovereignty of the people or the sovereignty of God? Donald Boyd Her Majesty the Queen gave authority to prorogue the UK Parliament. This was resisted by two unsuccessful legal challenges and it did not stop opposition MPs in the House of Commons objecting to Her …
‘Catch me if you can’ politics
It is hard to hit a moving target. This seems to be current policy in Holyrood and the Brexit process. The SNP Scottish Administration Yesterday the SNP Scottish administration supported a Bill to ban smacking of children and to criminalise parents who smack their children. Today the SNP administration published a Bill to begin the …
Polarised politics?
The political pundits tell us that European politics is polarising the country. They did not say so when the Conservative and Labour Party shared government between them over the past 100 years. Was this not polarisation? So, is polarisation good or bad? Would these pundits rather have polarising debate or a one-party state? Besides, what …
Sport is for all – except active Christians
In Australia, the boss of New South Wales Rugby Union said that "we must ... ensure that our game remains a game for all, no matter people's background or beliefs". It seems that Christian beliefs don't count, because he was 'explaining' why an overt Christian was sacked for expressing Christian beliefs. Israel Folau the Australian …
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Fear of the Far Right
BBC The Nine carried a report tonight on the rise of the ‘far right’ in Europe and their entry into the coalition Government of Estonia. It was diagnosed as resentment by those who have been left behind and who wanted someone to speak up for them. The implication was that we should be unhappy about …
Donald's Thoughts 