If Nigel Farage does become PM, I expect him to be like Boris (just another form) and his Cabinet to fracture very quickly. But, that will be unlikely to be politically critical prior to the election. (View Post)

It's my area too. And the answer is complex. Essentially, you can't be superficial or binary: risk must be allocated to the party best able to bear it and control it. Very few people talk about this.… (View Post)

Actually, I wasn't trying to do that - but I can't deny the common theme there. I should have (and could have) added on Vietnam onto the list, which is a weird one on top. Essentially, Britons won't … (View Post)

I wish the Tories would sort themselves out. But I believe them incapable of it. I have no home right now. (View Post)

Another thing the political class gets wrong, because they can't resist commenting on it, is Israel/Palestine. The view of the average British voter is that they're as bad as each other, and we shoul… (View Post)