Former key Blair aide John McTernan reviews the book and weighs its words against the reality of life as a 'staffer' in No10 Downing Street

Guardian: Prince Charles attacks climate change sceptics Prince of Wales accuses those who question whether human activity is causing global warming of 'peddling pseudo science' Bwhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

So reports The Guardian: Racism is still stopping Britain’s ethnic minorities from entering the best-paid professions despite them having a stronger work ethic and greater drive than white Britons, a report released tomorrow claims. The report, funded by the government and compiled by charity Business in the Community, whose president is Prince Charles, says too many ethnic minority

In true Big Society spirit, Robert Webb argues why Scotland should become a giant wind farm and why the monarchy should skip Prince Charles.

Britain's Prince Charles has added some more fuel to the persistent rumors that he's a closet Muslim In fact, a number of observers already think he may even have secretly converted to Islam. In an hour long speech to the denizens of the Oxford Center for Islamic Studies,(where he is a patron) Prince Chuckie urged his listeners to follow the Islamic path to 'save the planet': P...

While factions in the Labour Party may want to curb his interventions in planning issues - or at least make them public - the Prince of Wales has been vindicated in a controversial stand that he took over a new look for Kensington Palace, the home of his former wife.

A frank, high-level memo which lays bare the "frustration" felt over the Prince of Wales's trip to Afghanistan has been leaked in Whitehall, causing embarrassment to senior figures in the Foreign Office.

"When I hear the word “holistic” I reach for my BAR and don’t worry about the safety." Regular Samizdata commenter NickM, over at his CountingCats redoubt. He's talking about Prince Charles. Of course, if Charles wants to revert to an age of Divine Right, witchburnings, absence of notions of individual rights, logic, science and so forth, then maybe he should rem...

Prince Charles talks some right batshit horsecock sometimes. Counting Cats fisks it. Really, there's little more to add, except possibly... vivat Regina.

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