Rio is a great city to visit. So is Cape Town. Though if you weren't already at gunpoint before you went to either of those cities, you may well be at least once before you leave ... (View Post)

"I expect that at the next few elections Labour will keep on reminding voters of the Liz Truss interregnum because quite frankly only Radiohead have a worse record than Liz Truss." Starmer … (View Post)

No. It's a great idea. They should build lots of roads and railways here, establish schools and universities, pay for our defence and improve our legal system. Oh, and getting rid of the current gove… (View Post)

Although travelling from civilised Hong Kong into primitive and savage China in about 2000 as I did, it might not be as far from the mark as some imply. Even more so in the 60s when millions fled the… (View Post)

We give far too much overseas aid as it is. And the public overwhelmingly agree - it is by far the least poopular form of public spending. The reason these countries live in poverty these days has no… (View Post)