Having been wowed by all the Olympics and now by Murray I have to say the British are suddenly a sporting nation again. Whoopee!! But as someone who is profoundly ignorant about sport can anyone tell me who the British women were who won the grand slam in the US? I have been assuming that…
I am not great on sports – I tend to like lonesome activities like hill walking but I thought the Olympics were a great success. From the stunning opening ceremony to the closing ‘party’ and all the activities in between it really did show all the strengths of the UK. Few other countries could replicate…
I was delighted to see Sarah Attar competing for Saudi. Why? Because she is the first woman to compete for Saudi Arabia but she had to wear a hijab. She came last but as the first woman to take part for the Saudi team she has set an important precedent and I suspect with her…
The sorry state of the Government’s reform plans on both the House of Lords and the constituency boundaries reminds me that constitutional reforms like this are more likely to be achieved if a serious effort is made to get cross party consensus. I am not surprised that it has ended in tears. For the immediate…
