Simon Heffer's Blog, page 32

SIMON HEFFER: Cheers! Nigel is the true winner of this debacle

As English taxpayers prepare for an unprecedented raid on their money to fund Scotland, and Tory MPs gird themselves for a backlash against the lavish promises David Cameron has made to the Scots, it is clear there is only one big winner in England after the referendum: Nigel Farage.

Reverend Rabble Rouser: For years, his booming hell-and-damnation voice stoked violence in Ulster. Yet eventually, even Ian 'No Surrender' Paisley made peace with his IRA enemies, writes SIMON HEFFER

To millions of Britons, Ian Paisley meant just one thing: a big man with an even bigger voice standing on public platforms, in pulpits or parliaments bellowing: ‘No, no, no!’ The ‘no’ was directed at any suggestion of compromise with the Catholic or Republican tradition in Northern Ireland.

SIMON HEFFER: Why we must do deals with monsters

History shows we have often had to make pacts of convenience with undesirables such as Assad

Why don't we tell the Scots to shove off! In a personal view (which the Mail disagrees with) SIMON HEFFER says what we fear many English people think

Alex Salmond's offensive comparison of Scots voting for independence to the ending of apartheid and blacks being given the vote in South Africa took the rank dishonesty of the nationalists’ campaign to a new low yesterday.

SIMON HEFFER: Ten burning questions if Scotland votes yes

1) Would the Queen remain Queen of Scotland?

SIMON HEFFER: The silver lining for the English if the Scots go it alone

David Cameron has laughed off the notion that he would have to resign as Prime Minister if Scotland votes to leave the United Kingdom.

The cookbook men will find so irresistible it'll probably be classified as porn: Stock up on goose fat, Stilton, treacle and lots of full-fat milk!

Those of us of the fuller figure, our stature betraying a lifelong devotion to proper British food, have suffered an appalling pincer movement in recent years.

SIMON HEFFER: Yes, it's old-fashioned. But a word of advice for those who make colossal blunders in public life...RESIGN!

Shaun Wright was responsible for children's services in Rotherham when an organised network of perverts were able to abuse 1,400 young girls

SIMON HEFFER: A wake-up call from an Essex man

When I documented the stereotype of Essex Man for the first time nearly a quarter of a century ago, I depicted someone blue in tooth and claw – a man who would sooner send his customised Ford Sierra to the crusher than vote anything other than Tory.

SIMON HEFFER: We can't save the world AND keep slashing back our army

When David Cameron chose to ring-fence the overseas aid budget and cut defence, he signalled that he simply wasn't bothered about the security of our nation