He's not a root and brand reform man, especially when it comes to his beloved public sector. He's a technocrat. I've worked in the quangocracy, I know the type. They think a bit of tweaking with gove… (View Post)

If we ever do get peace in Ukraine a condition of lifting sanctions has to be that all Russian misinformation and sabotage operations in the West stop completely and immediately. The Internet Researc… (View Post)

I wouldn't say pre-modern Britain was more or less violent or thieving than other countries. Modern Britain is definitely less violent and criminal or corrupt than the global average, at least accord… (View Post)

Twitter is God's gift to lazy journalists. A hack friend of mine admitted a couple of years ago that his job these days is hardly more than summarising and expanding on stuff he sees there. No wonder… (View Post)

The terrible thing about him is that he is a constant and pathological liar - much worse than Boris, who delivered roughly what he said he would in policy terms, and without Boris's humour or likeabi… (View Post)