I was in a conversation about this yesterday. Similarly - very premature babies are now routinely kept alive when previously we wouldn't have been able to, at great expense. Sadly many of those … (View Post)

A couple of surprisingly Reformy snippets today: 1) At our local impeccably Guardianista primary school, an (actually pretty middle class) mum reporting sadly on her visit to one of the outstanding l… (View Post)

Getting old may be shit - but as I edge reluctantly into my 50s, my list of not-quite-functioning body parts getting ever lengthier, I conclude that I am happier than I have ever been in life. Which … (View Post)

My 2009 Ford Focus gets approximately £200 a year spent on maintenance. It has been astonishing reliably and remarkably cheap to run. I'm in the market for an electric car when it dies, but it s… (View Post)

Again, we run into the dichotomy (have I used the right word there?) between what Reform are offering and what Reform voters want - which appears to be the SDP. (And doesn't seem an unreasonable… (View Post)