OT. By 2026 the SNP will have been in power for 19 years with nothing more inspiring to offer than another 5 years of John Swinney. Can't see that going terribly well although the SNP certainly have … (View Post)

I am coming to the view that Cleverly would be the best bet for the Tories. Was impressed by Ruth Davidson's reasoning which she expounded on Ben Houchen's podcast. He can unite the party and is, per… (View Post)

Would be a terrible mistake for someone to resign. The media pack would just move on to the next victim. Much better braving it out. The journos won't be satiated by blood in the water - has the oppo… (View Post)

It will undoubtedly host the magical four specialist "oak-wood rainforest" songbird species: wood warbler, redstart, pied flycatcher and tree pipit. Well worth straining your neck to see, a… (View Post)

He's a good writer and his triple-decker biography of Thatcher is quite a thing. But a terrible adviser - by all accounts one of the coterie that backed Boris's worst decisions on party management. (View Post)