That would be David Aaronovitch. He's certainly not a Communist now. Writes interesting stuff. Eminently sane. Look out for his substack contributions. Particularly good on Israel/Gaza. (View Post)

The danger for Starmer/Reeves is they end up like Francois Hollande, disappointing their core supporters with MOR policies, while their transactional voters drift away after the novelty wears off. Ho… (View Post)

Davey's problem is that he has history. He was a cabinet minister in a Tory-led govt. He didn't deliver then for WASPI. I don't think he will necessarily prosper during the election campaign when the… (View Post)

The SNP's hate crime legislation comes into force on 1 April (I kid you not). I suspect it will go the same way as the gender stuff. Ad yes, they really have created a cartoon Hate Monster. Why do th… (View Post)

Not sure if reported on here, but just seen the sad news that Steve Harley has died. 73. "Make Me Smile" is surely an immortal pop song but I always rather liked one of the more obscure sin… (View Post)