Gail Porter. (View Post)

A funny old day, yesterday. What happened to the emergency debate on Mandelson? A slow-burning fuse or a damp squib? (View Post)

I can't believe some PBers were unfamiliar with the ‘perverted science’ description of fascism when Winston Churchill used it in one of the most famous speeches in British and indeed world history. W… (View Post)

One thing people forget is for a long time it looked as if the Soviets were winning the Cold War. Moscow and Leningrad (St Petersburg) were as prosperous as any Western city (and everywhere else was … (View Post)

OT Michael Portillo has not one but two programmes about trains on BBC2 tonight. A repeat at 6.30 and a new series at 8pm. Railway enthusiast Michael Portillo follows the route of the pioneering Stoc… (View Post)