Wonder if Rory will re-enter politics. He's obviously still fascinated by it. Can't imagine Westminster. Holyrood? He's a Scot with family home in Perthshire. Passionate Unionist. And would find Tory… (View Post)

When Amazonian cloud forest is cut down, farmed for a few years, then abandoned as it rapidly becomes unproductive, you do not get a like-for-like replacement growing in its place. You get a much red… (View Post)

Nah. He was a star performer in his day. Immensely energetic with a fair bit of charisma. Tremendous platform speaker. And actually interested in policy, And he had the guts to take out Maggie. He re… (View Post)

Interview with Michael Heseltine, now 90 years old. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SmmMXdQ9qw&ab_channel=HouseofLords Fluent, cogent and eminently sensible. For all the criticism of Joe Biden r… (View Post)

I see Ukraine has claimed to have killed the Commander of Russia's Black Sea fleet in its strike on Sevastopol. Quite a thing, Not independently verified but they must be confident as its quite simpl… (View Post)