Future parliaments will be bound by the current one for a very very long time thanks to gettingbrexitdone. (I love these new-fangled compound nouns. No-one can say they're a waste of space.) (View Post)

I used to know Piers, vaguely, when he was a squatters' leader in Elgin Avenue back in the 70s. Anyone who can lead squatters deserves mention in the same hushed tones as Hannibal or Field Marsh… (View Post)

With a 4% confidence interval. (View Post)

I remember the day Harold Wilson announced his resignation. It took everyone by surprise, although it was subsequently revealed that he'd been diagnosed with the early stages of dementia. It was… (View Post)

The defence "don't you know who I am?" can misfire when everyone does, indeed, know who you are. (View Post)