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No.229 - Shropshire North: The Boris Puffball Vanishes into Thin Air!

Dear James,

The scene was set. The blue balloon with ‘Boris’s Bubble’ scrawled on its side awaited the final thrust. The ‘coup de grace’ came at the point of a hastily contrived, orange needle which, wielded by Helen Morgan, the extraordinary winner of Thursday’s by-election in North Shropshire, exploded the balloon into instant nothingness. Helen stepped back, smiled broadly. A wall of Lib-Dem banners waved behind her. Something special had just happened. It was the perfect metaphor. The inflated Boris puffball had vanished into thin air. The ‘Boris Bubble’ was no more.

Letters, Writings, Tory PartyBrian HoweDecember 19, 2021HighlightsComment

No.217 - RIP Sir David Amess

Dear James.

I’ve just heard the awful new about Sir David Amess. It is a great tragedy for his family, friends and colleagues. More than that it is a great tragedy for us all.

The democratic process requires that all MPs are accessible to their publics wherever they are and for whatever reason their publics deem necessary. You are all at risk.

Letters, Tory Party, WritingsBrian HoweOctober 15, 2021HighlightsComment

No.162 - 'Active Avoidance' of the Truth about Brexit?

Dear James,

It was during those heady days (for us – not the Russians!) after the fall of the Soviet Union. I was travelling quite a lot to Moscow, helping the new nation find its feet by helping the emerging business class to understand and deal effectively with western corporate culture. One day I got a call from a friend, high up in the Russian elite. Could we (my company) help a small Russian family to prepare for living in the UK?

Letters, Writings, Tory PartyBrian HoweJuly 22, 2020HighlightsComment

No. 90 Boris in Purgatory - Where's that Ditch?

Let’s be honest. Last night was a nail biting experience for everyone. For a while I thought that MPs might actually vote through the timetable motion against all the odds. But common sense won through. The vote was 322 to 308.

Writings, Referendum, Election, ERG, Populism, Statistics, Tory Party, Parliament, Boris, LettersBrian HoweOctober 23, 2019Do or Die, Come what may, ditchComment

No. 21 - Monomania and Mrs May 's 230 Vote Humiliation

Theresa May and her government have run out of ideas. Attempting to hang on to her deal, so famously and comprehensively rejected by the House last Tuesday, the ‘difficult lady’ has become the ‘ridiculous lady’

Tory Party, Letters, TheresaBrian HoweJanuary 22, 2019vote, humiliation