The trick, of course, is to be a Liverpudlian and to be tried in Liverpool. Worked for Ken Dodd. (View Post)

Trying to think of a parallel period in British political history to where we are now in 2022. 1962. Tories into their third term with their third consecutive PM - an Old Etonian actor manager. Labou… (View Post)

That's a strange comment from @SouthamObserver which is plainly completely misguided. Tories loathe Starmer more than Corbyn? Weird. They may not much like Starmer - as he's Labour - but he's not the… (View Post)

I actually think you're right. The combination of economic bad times and a PM who cannot really be defended could (I say "could" not "would" as you never know with Boris) be fatal… (View Post)

The real danger, surely, is when authoritarians believe their own propaganda about the lack of resolve of the West, it's short-termism, and its "decadence." Example after example in history… (View Post)