Were they impromptu? Wasn't the London one pre-planned to tie in with Greta Thunberg's Gaza flotilla? Last week there was a demo at the Labour conference; this weekend sees the Save Our Juries demo a… (View Post)

Have you seen the new, back to form Horizon? Secrets of the Brain The most complex object in the cosmos - forged in a fire of planetary catastrophes, conflicts, death, sex and love. Jim Al-Khalili te… (View Post)

Too long. Four years. Remarkably, only one Conservative leader has lasted that long this century, and that was David Cameron. IDS 2 years Michael Howard 2 years Call Me Dave 11 years Theresa May 3 ye… (View Post)

To be fair, Labour's counter-cyclical spending had sidestepped the European recession. (View Post)

No, even if we accept your premise that Brown overspent, the sheer scale of the global financial crisis rendered the question moot. (View Post)