And, er, he's referring to events in the late 300s - so more than a thousand years before the end of the empire. "Beware! Immigration's going to cause real problems for the EU in the m… (View Post)

Again, compare with the final few years of the last Labour government. Cameron announced he'd scrap ID cards if he became the next prime minister. People believed that he would, and so all the v… (View Post)

Sunak put great emphasis in his speech on how far ahead we are of other countries. Now, that's as much by accident as design - but he's right, we are ahead. And there's likely to be a … (View Post)

Poor old Rishi's really not great at the presentation thing, is he? In particular, with his continual whining about wanting to depoliticize the argument. He does this often at PMQs, too - accusi… (View Post)

Even those who have mortgages have, until very very recently, been in a much better position than those who rent. For example, we had someone on PB who recently reported that a family member's m… (View Post)