He was a long-standing member of White's, though not by any means its most welcome or respected one, and of the Beefsteak. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1490428/Alastair-Forbes.htm… (View Post)

Not any more it isn't. You could barely see the boy scouts at the Cenotaph for all the former Prime Ministers laying wreaths. (View Post)

Since Rubio has been sidelined from Ukraine, the Middle East, China and any other foreign policy matters, the Secretary of State has taken a keen personal interest in office stationery. (View Post)

Disability benefits surged due to austerity cuts, leading think-tank says ... In a "back-of-the-envelope calculation", the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) suggested disability benefit sp… (View Post)

Leaving aside party politics, there does seem to be an increasing problem that very few, if any, of our leaders have any sort of hinterland, and increasingly they've only been in politics for fi… (View Post)