The secret of success in politics is often just hanging around because the PPE mob remember the ups more than the downs. This goes for both sides. Peter Mandelson was an expert in the dark arts, the … (View Post)

Betting thoughts re SPotY. Restricting votes to BBC account holders has meant an end to teenagers dialling in hundreds of votes for their favourites and effectively returned SPotY almost to the days … (View Post)

Yes. For a start, cricket is no longer on proper telly or played at all schools, especially those with no playing fields. Second, for a lot of cricket fans, India vs Pakistan is more interesting than… (View Post)

DJL's first law of politics – things that ought to matter, usually don't. (View Post)

In the early days, when the lottery was drawn, I used to speculate on whether I could have chosen those numbers and won the jackpot. Was there a repeated pattern, say multiples of three or geometric … (View Post)