Poor old Carswell... Charterhouse was clearly insufficient qualification to join the "elite". (View Post)

What precisely is more important than the future prosperity and stability of the UK? I mean I know these guys don´t do detail, but the consequences of such a dogs breakfast include an economic meltdo… (View Post)

Yes, the point was that you could plan to move based on the clear assumption that the paperwork would be granted, and now you can´t. Of course you had to comply with local regulation, but you took th… (View Post)

The so-called "permissive society" came about after the advent of the contraceptive pill in 1960. When the risk of procreation was largely removed, the role of sex changed, in some ways as … (View Post)

A friend remarked to me on the vanity of politicians: "as soon as someone tips them to be PM, they completely lose it". Sunak is definitely in that category of "the hand of history on … (View Post)