I think someone (Callaghan?) said something like: To be PM you don't need a first class mind, but you do need a first class temperament. (View Post)

43 days for Sir Keir to catch up with Rishi. After that about six weeks for him to overtake Sir Anthony Eden. And after that his sights will be trained on the Earl of Aberdeen. Go for it, SKS! (View Post)

Ironically this is bad news for Farage as it means for sure that Greens win the by-election. Strange world in which Zack and Kemi both benefit while Nige and Keir gnash their teeth. (View Post)

I'm sure it's a commonplace observation, but what an irony it will be, if a British Prime Minister who, personally, seems quite a decent person, is forced out due ultimately to Epstein, who… (View Post)

Surely, there is no landscape more magnificent in Britain than Assynt? MacCaig is not exaggerating about the line-up of Stac Polly, Cul Beag, Cul Mor, Suilven, Canisp as seen from the west. A remarka… (View Post)