Rolf Norfolk
Rolf Norfolk is a retired independent financial adviser.
A whim of iron
17 JANUARY 2025 | OPINION
At this week's PMQs, the Prime Minister called the Conservative Opposition "economic vandals and fantasists" who wanted the benefits of...
Systemic failure – PMQs 8th January 2025
8 JANUARY 2025 | OPINION
The great boil of UK child abuse has been lanced and has spattered its contents over all three major political...
A furious swarm of WASPIs – PMQs 18th December 2024
19 DECEMBER 2024 | OPINION
The loudest buzz this week was about WASPIs – Women Against State Pension Inequality.
In 1995, the then-Conservative Government raised women’s...
A room full of elephants – PMQs 11th December 2024
11 DECEMBER 2024 | OPINION
Watching the PM and Kemi Badenoch go at each other over immigration today, an independent observer might be inclined to...
An infinite number of flunkeys
9 DECEMBER 2024 | OPINION
A month after the petition to call a fresh General Election, the Government has issued an official response. It appears to have...
Fixing the foundations – PMQs 4th December 2024
4 DECEMBER 2024 | OPINION
One of the PM’s stock phrases is "fixing the foundations". Is he the one to do it?
"Starmer is already in...
Petitions and grievances – PMQs 27th November 2024
27 NOVEMBER 2024 | OPINION
It may be a record: the Leader of the Opposition inviting the Prime Minister to resign after less than six...
Where’s the wally? – Deputy PMQs 20th November 2024
20 NOVEMBER 2024 | OPINION
Sir Keir – perhaps we should call him other things beginning with K e.g ‘Knockabout,’ the scornful term he used for...
Slither and strike – PMQs 13th November 2024
13 NOVEMBER 2024 | OPINION
Sir Keir’s counterattacks on the Opposition are a standard Prime Ministerial way to respond to questions, but his evasions and...
No more bromance – PMQs 6th November 2024
6 NOVEMBER 2024 | OPINION
Emily Maitlis loved last week’s PMQs: "Just imagine if PMQs was like this every week. Conciliatory. Helpful. By partisan. Passionate and compassionate."
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