Savile the Missing Mourner

Friend of Thatcher and Prince Charles Pre-deceased his mutual admirer Thatcher In the most significant result of any opinion poll commissioned during the life of the present UK parliament, only 25% of voters supported the use of public money – £10 million of it – on the funeral of the baroness. The flip side is…

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Throw a Street Party in Every Town, Village or City

Judging by the response in Brighton, it would seem there’s going to be quite a celebration on Wednesday as the old bat is buried.  The Tory leader, Mary Mears, has of course condemned it as disgraceful but the unions are getting behind it, with my own branch, Brighton & Hove UNISON LG passing a motion…

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