Sir Roger Gale
Member of Parliament for Herne Bay and Sandwich (including West Thanet)
Westminster View
January 2025
It has become custom and practice for the capitals of the world to send, across the time zones as the clocks strike midnight, millions of pounds up in smoke in the form of what are now highly competitive “mine are bigger than yours” firework displays. Where London Mayor Khan`s unsubtle political messages contained within his expensive sparklers rank in this array I will leave others to judge.
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Westminster View
February 2025
NB. This column was written before President Trump announced the withdrawal of US support from Ukraine. I am accordingly attaching a letter from the former President of Poland, Lech Walesa, which may also be of interest.
The last of these columns, written in January, ended with an observation following the Potomac air crash that Mr Trump sought to attribute to a policy of `diversity` pursued by the previous American administration. You may recall that I asked:
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