Putin threatened to roll across Ukraine and hasn't. (View Post)

The best thing about two-channel TV in the 50s and 60s was an educative dose of current affairs being spooned out nightly among the popular entertainments. With the onset of streaming and niche podca… (View Post)

Is there any photographic evidence of Downing Street volunteers bravely trialling this new living-with-covid regime to ensure it was safe for the rest of us? (View Post)

Getting Turkey into the EU was US policy under Clinton and Bush and they looked to the UK to help make it happen, which we were more than happy to do. One of our contributions, under Jack Straw at th… (View Post)

Of the PMs, Heath was probably a federalist and Major and Blair were federalism-curious. I don't think the others were, but that was where EU27 were heading nevertheless. Brown's Lisbon sig… (View Post)