I'd also add: He has no real opposition locally. He tries, with some success, not to be too tribal. His patch - Greater Manchester - is doing rather better than the country as a whole. He makes … (View Post)

Pretty much. I remember when I had two kids under three: on any given day they went to nursery - and it wasn't a particularly fancy nursery - it cost me more than I earned in that day. I was bas… (View Post)

I happened to be listening to Virgin radio at 6 when her statement was read out. I thought she did quite well. Then tye newsreader summarised it, concluding, without apparent irony, "the princes… (View Post)

If Russia annexes Ukraine, it doesn't seem unreasonable to assume that millions of Ukrainians will be killed. That's what Russia does. (View Post)

One of tge things I like about this site is that any story is instantly fact checked by an army of intelligent people, sone of whom are experts. And this is done before the broadcast media even get a… (View Post)