Up to a point. Yes, gangs are largely unsmashed and homes unbuilt but slow and steady progress is being made on several fronts (and anaemic growth is the default state of the economy) so with three a… (View Post)

OT HMG just sent me a warning to check my passport is valid for my planned destination (although I've no plans to leave the country). Have we upset another bunch of foreigners over the weekend? (View Post)

An alternative view might be the Deputy election was a proxy confidence vote on Starmer and so has limited forecasting value. Phillipson has been getting a lot of stick in the Telegraph for closing p… (View Post)

You can listen to Kemi on Desert Island Discs (or scroll to the bottom of the blurb) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002qgm2 (View Post)

It is unfair. People might have voted Trump to get tough but there is a basic human need for fairness. For the left, it is unfair to kill protestors who pose no threat; for the right, it is unfair to… (View Post)