Saturday, December 22, 2012

Philip Collins.

Writing in the Times, Philip Collins argues that the “unsolvable conundrum” of David Cameron’s upcoming Europe speech is that when it comes to renegotiation, “It is not obvious that there is any shared point between what his backbench MPs want and what his European counterparts are prepared to allow.”Times: Collins
Worry not, good readers - the customary fudged compromise will be found which will be filled with fine sounding anti-EU rhetoric and no substance whatsoever!

Prayers of Jane Austen.

The little-known prayers written by Jane Austen. Jane Austen (1775-1817) on engraving from  1873.  (Photo: Getty/iStock) It is now 250 years...