When I visited the Baltic a few years ago (Helsinki) I was very struck at how all those capitals stare at each other across the sea - Stockholm, Helsinki, St Petersburg, Tallin, Riga - very much a wo… (View Post)

More like the other way round. (View Post)

Hopefully there will come a time when we look back at this sort of hyper-ventilating with an indulgent smile. In the meantime we have the task of protecting what is, actually, a reasonably successful… (View Post)

From a New Statesman briefing on the Junior Doctor's strike. After, basically, debunking the case for the strike (or, rather the selective use of wage rates/inflation etc), it concludes thus: "T… (View Post)

I honestly don't think Mel Stride is likely to set the heather alight. He's competent, but not a game-changer and, I suspect, is very little known to the public. The Tories need someone with a strong… (View Post)