It's true that I'm taking a break from writing a regular column to do other things but it's got nothing to do with what dear Simon has or has not written.

I think it's a pity that in many people's minds constitutional reform and PR have come to mean much the same thing.

We are also further than ever from equality of opportunity.

I hate churches, all of them. But they used to know something about the importance of silence.

For the first half of this century, High Court judges have been cautious to the point of timidity in expressing any criticism of governmental action; the independence of the judiciary has been of a decidedly subordinate character.

In real terms, there is a greater disparity of earnings between the very rich and the very poor.

Of course great politicians are always liable to be wrong about something, and the more people tell them they are wrong, the more stubbornly they defend their error.