I remember, years ago, reading an analysis of polling data from the days when Ted Heath was Tory leader. Tory support among the young was negligible and the party seemed doomed in the longer-term. Ju… (View Post)

A contest - so long as its relatively good-natured - could really work. Revive interest in the Democrats, and take it away from Trump. Reset the narrative, which badly needs resetting. Shrewd. (View Post)

Simples: he's as dull as ditchwater. That cannot be said for Suella or Kemi. (View Post)

Have been reading Muriel Spark's novels in sequence. Very spiky - keeps you on your toes. But even she's as nothing compared to Dame Ivy Compton Burnett whom I'm just beginning, well read three. An u… (View Post)

Apparently a banker appeared in one of the Asterix stories. He was called Zurix. (View Post)