All this dates back to George Osborne's omnishambles budget. Which tells us two things, one of which is that Rachel Reeves is just working her way through an old Treasury wishlist. (View Post)

That is not the reason. The issue is there is no purely military way to open the Strait of Hormuz. That is why the Americans haven't done it. That would take a ceasefire or peace agreement betwe… (View Post)

You laugh but we had a British Prime Minister like that – Mrs Thatcher. We know because her press secretary lamented that John Major's government ran into trouble because Major insisted on readi… (View Post)

On the recent panic in South London, most of the shoplifters are not actually shoplifting; they just form an intimidating mob. What would they be charged with? Is being a complete dickhead a crime? A… (View Post)

Spy suspect’s MP wife ‘had relationship with submarine captain’ ... An MP whose husband is suspected of spying for China allegedly had an inappropriate relationship with a Royal Navy submarine captai… (View Post)