Tim Bennett-GoodmanAs if things weren’t bad enoughUkraine is suffering unbelievable privations but in the midst of it all Boris Johnson turns up.Jan 22, 2023Jan 22, 2023
Tim Bennett-GoodmanNo way to run a railwayAs Rishi Sunak jets (literally) round t' North playing Lady Bountiful with levelling up funding his Business Secretary wreaks havoc in…Jan 20, 2023Jan 20, 2023
Tim Bennett-GoodmanHard cases make bad lawStanding in the bitter cold on Whitehall last evening the truth of this legal maxim struck me.Jan 17, 2023Jan 17, 2023
Tim Bennett-GoodmanSlaughtering the sacred cowThe NHS has been likened to a state religion in the UK but it’s in danger of becoming a shibboleth.Jan 16, 2023Jan 16, 2023
Tim Bennett-GoodmanPanem et circensesThe Roman elite knew a thing or two about distracting public attention from their failures of leadership.Jan 13, 2023Jan 13, 2023
Tim Bennett-GoodmanNo stringsProf Fazil Moradi of the University of Johannesburg questions the motivation behind ‘restitution’ of items in Western collections.Jan 7, 2023Jan 7, 2023
Tim Bennett-GoodmanRoyal ructionsThe nation is transfixed by tales of two rival princely siblings roughhousing in a palace.Jan 5, 2023Jan 5, 2023
Tim Bennett-GoodmanIs that it?Rishi Sunak interrupted his Christmas holiday to bring us five seasonal pledges — and they weren’t gold rings.Jan 4, 2023Jan 4, 2023
Tim Bennett-GoodmanWhat’s wrong with the Taliban?Well, where to start, really? I’ll begin and end, though, with their disgraceful treatment of Afghanistan’s women and girls.Dec 26, 2022Dec 26, 2022
Tim Bennett-GoodmanUK capitalism just ate itselfThe Office of National statistics (ONS) confirms what I’ve just witnessed firsthand on a Christmas shopping expedition.Dec 23, 2022Dec 23, 2022
