Not me, mate. I've always seen the Conservatives and Labour - as broad-based, mainstream parties - as affording protection from the extremists, populists, and nutters. Their breakdown is ominous. (View Post)

The American composer Alan Hohvaness wrote a symphony on this very subject. Better than you might think (he's not universally regarded). Nothing like an orchestral rendition of a volcanic explos… (View Post)

It's sometimes worth standing back a little, looking at a politician, and making an assessment of their character. Is he/she really a fit and proper person? Do that and the fate of Liz and Boris… (View Post)

Podcast featuring Fiona Hill, the Durham-born former security advisor to Trump, on the possibilities of WW3. Very interesting insights into how the Donald and VVP operate. Sobering. Worth a listen. h… (View Post)

They'll sort themselves out, eventually. Ultimately, British political culture (the "deep state" if you like) is hostile, with good reason, to the kind of populism of Farage. It prevai… (View Post)