Yes, granted. Possibly also Callaghan. I'm actually only thinking back as far as Thatcher. My first memory of politics is the 1983 general election - specifically seeing Michael Foot's wife… (View Post)

Thank God for that. (Although this is a very short term complaint - less than 12 hours ago we were discussing the implosion of the western world's financial system.) We spent five years doing th… (View Post)

Popularity with voters who will vote for you no matter what is also not desperately useful. You need to appeal to the voters in the corridor of uncertainty. (View Post)

I must admit, I quite like Rishi. Possibly my favourite ever PM. He really isn't annoying me at all yet, apart from the mild irritation of his voice. But the only PMs not to have an annoying voi… (View Post)

I may be unusual in thos, but as an atheist I have a lot more instinctive sympathy for the Presbyterian kirks than the Episcopalian ones. I'm running through why this may be so. I think 75% of i… (View Post)