Posts by Mark Fox
Friday, 22 March 2019
Justin Welby charts a bold new course for the Anglican Communion
Since becoming the 105th Archbishop of Canterbury in 2013 Justin Welby has been all action. He has needed to be...
By Mark Fox
Wednesday, 20 March 2019
Cameron and Clegg's idiotic reforms to parliament are making this crisis worse
Everyone at Westminster is very cross and very tired. Senses of proportion and perspective have been jettisoned in favour of..
By Mark Fox
Friday, 15 March 2019
Parliament is doing its job and it is a magnificent sight
As we stagger out of another week of Brexit drama, and before we stumble into the next one, let’s take..
By Mark Fox
Tuesday, 12 March 2019
A new Elizabethan Settlement is needed to sort out Brexit
Four Hundred and Sixty years ago this year the Elizabethan Settlement was born in “The Revolution 0f 1559”. Queen Elizabeth..
By Mark Fox
Thursday, 7 March 2019
Elegant Parisians can teach Londoners a thing or two about cycling etiquette
Paris is as beautiful as it is congested by traffic. Cars hoot, honk, and jostle their way through the crush...
By Mark Fox
Monday, 25 February 2019
No deal Brexit is a myth
Brexit is consuming Westminster politics. The big parties are fracturing in ways that were unforeseen. The gulf between government and..
By Mark Fox
Sunday, 17 February 2019
Return of a lost bear via the kindness of strangers on Twitter
At the weekend my household suffered a minor catastrophe. On route by train to visit a grandmother in Scotland one..
By Mark Fox
Friday, 15 February 2019
The BBC must save Andrew Neil for the nation
Andrew Neil, host of the BBC’s This Week, has announced he is to retire from hosting the weekly late-night political talk show...
By Mark Fox
Wednesday, 30 January 2019
Brexit: what on earth happens now?
As MPs woke up to another Brexit morning after a night before of unpredictable voting some things were becoming clearer,..
By Mark Fox