Remember, Remember the Second of November
In January 2010, the Guardian ran a story following an interview the BBC's Andrew Marr had with the, then, leader of the Conservative Party. David Cameron, once seen as the [...]
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12, 2022
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11, 2022
Hypocrisy, like Charity, Begins at Home
Andy Mac Have a listen to my conversation with LBC breakfast show host, Nick Ferrari, a few days ago. https://twitter.com/LBC/status/1594603088597458944?cxt=HHwWgIC92e_DlaEsAAAA With the censorious nature of the society we presently [...]
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11, 2022
D.I.N.O
Andy Mac There are often new words created on the hoof that go on to make a major impact on our everyday discourse. For example, 15 years ago nobody had [...]
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10, 2022
Through the Looking Glass
Andy Mac I hit my 50th Birthday in a few weeks. This approaching milestone has prompted me to look back - both at my own life and, more pertinently, [...]
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10, 2022
Don’t Panic, Mr Mainwaring!
Andy Mac 'Crisis'; 'Calamity'; 'Chaos'; 'Emergency'. These are among the favourite words now used in discourse by members of our mainstream media. I can't recall the precise moment when [...]
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09, 2022
From Milnsbridge to Martha’s Vineyard
AndyMac Martha's Vineyard, lying just four miles off the coast of Cape Cod in Massachusetts, is famous for two things. The first is the notorious 'Chappaquiddick incident' in July [...]
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08, 2022
Actions without Consequences?
Andy Mac On Saturday, 20th August I paid a visit to the fine city of York for the first time since the COVID pandemic hit us. The city was [...]
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08, 2022
The Fifth Country
Andy Mac According to Aristotle, "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts". It has been a principle we in Britain have applied to our constitutional [...]
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07, 2022
A Perpetually Open Door
Andy Mac On Saturday, 23rd July my best mate and I travelled to the small town of Boston in Lincolnshire. We had holidayed in its American counterpart back in [...]
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07, 2022
Sedition!
Andy Mac The Oxford English Dictionary defines 'sedition' as' the encouragement of a section of people to rise up against the authority of the state and/or its leader'. In [...]