Simon Heffer's Blog, page 18

The migration question that can���t be answered

W hy did the Prime Minister seem surprised when a studio audience monstered him on television last Thursday? As a former PR man, he should know the dangers of believing ones own publicity. Or did he really think all the scaremongering, dishonesty and waffle as one young woman in...

Will Jeremy Corbyn back his Bolshevik brethren in France?

I t would be interesting to know what Jeremy Corbyn makes of events in socialist France, where the CGT union which represents just 3 per cent of workers is blockading oil refineries and bringing the country to a standstill over President Hollandes plan to liberalise employment law.

When ��� if ever ��� will the real David Cameron stand up?

D avid Cameron looked relaxed, suave, untroubled and urbane in footage from the G7 summit last week . He was, after weeks of strife at home as his party tears itself in two over the referendum, in the sort of place where he plainly feels seriously chillaxed: with fellow world...

David Cameron's disgraceful dishonesty over the EU is turning Britain into a banana republic

O ne of the Tory partys more distinguished parliamentarians told me last week, in deadly seriousness rather than satire, that he thought we lived in a banana republic. He believed there was some truth in a story, going around Westminster, that the Prime Minister would create 25 peerages for those...

No one is safe in Bill Clinton's hands

H illary Clinton, who I still find it hard to believe will become President of the United States, announces that she intends to have her raddled husband, Bill, advise on the economy should she be elected.

The Fourth Reich is here - without a shot being fired

T he arsenal of fear must almost be nearly exhausted. Those daring to vote to leave the EU will inflict on Britain collapsing house prices (according to George Osborne and Christine Lagarde of the IMF, who should worry about the EUs unemployment-soaked economies); a technical recession (Mark Carney, a technical...

Vote Leave have shot themselves in the foot by pushing Nigel Farage away

T he campaign to leave is thriving thanks to the comical claims of the Remainers, not because of the disastrous Vote Leave organisation.

Has the BBC got a a death wish? Plus the game's up for Theresa May

A s an admirer of Lord Reith I have always endorsed his notion that the BBC should inform, educate and entertain. I know Lord Hall, the present director-general, has always taken Reiths dictum seriously too. We had proof last week, when it was leaked that the BBC will be reorganised...

Test cricket must not be callously swept aside for faddish appeal of Twenty20

A long with thousands of other MCC members, I received last month what I think was intended to be a reassuring message from Derek Brewer, the Chief Executive and Secretary of the club. Members have contacted me during the past few months expressing concern for the future of test cricket,...

Grassroots Out should be the official Brexit campaign

Of all the anti-EU vehicles, GO is the only one that has genuine grassroots support