My wife has met Edward. Seemed a good egg with a sense of humour. Sophie somewhat grander but she was, by all accounts, highly regarded by the late Queen, who relied on her. So if the kids take after… (View Post)

I seem to recall back in the day there was some talk of removing Jeffrey Archer's title, but nothing came of it. Of course, his indiscretions were as nothing compared to the perfidy ascribed to … (View Post)

Exactly a year today that Reform first topped a YouGov national UK opinion poll. Seems a lifetime ago. (View Post)

Just noticed that Michael Forsyth has become Lord Speaker. Succeeds fellow Scot, Lord McFall. His predecessor was Norman Fowler. I have to say that the Lords are a bit more select about their speaker… (View Post)

Not all Labour leaders were keen. Mandy was prominent during the Kinnock years, but dropped by John Smith. Then bounced back with Blair, fell out with Brown, but brought back by him later when he bec… (View Post)