The great black shadow of the Russian bear is beginning to darken the globe again. Britain seems to be the principal target of the Kremlin as the icy fingers of the cold war start to make themselves felt.
Is David Cameron getting too big for his boots? The new big idea is reportedly that he is appealing to other political parties, like the Liberal Democrats, the Nationalists, and anyone else who will listen, to form a "progressive consensus" with the Tories to fight Labour.
Mark Pritchard, Conservative MP for The Wrekin, has spoken out, following the news that only one in five schools now runs a Nativity play and that some councils are trying to squash Christmas for fear of offending other religions (a pitiful reason) or calling it Winterval, or some other such contrived name.
IT is a towering insult to our servicemen and women - whether they are in combat zones or not - that the post of Secretary of State for Defence should be regarded as a part-time job.
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