Jim Callaghan served in the Royal Navy, of course. (View Post)

One of the delights of The Crown was hearing Claire Foy as HMQ referring to Bobbety Salisbury who was an aristocratic government minister – Eton, Oxford and the Guards. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/… (View Post)

It was the Taliban that banned music, not Al Qaeda. ISIS too. No wonder Cameron did not know which of them to fight for. (View Post)

Nor do I. However, I also think Starmer was planning to retire anyway even if he hoped to go out on a high, so I'm not sure how this will end. (View Post)

Al Carns is Labour's Ben Wallace, a barely plausible figure from a military background. It is hard to see any route to Downing Street opening up in the next year or two. (View Post)