Three eternal bipartisan failures of British government - in fact the whole political class: - immigration - housing - productivity. If they could address those three, I wouldn't care at all who part… (View Post)

Cowardice and complacency is in abundant supply throughout the free world, sadly. It isn't arming itself or Ukraine nearly enough; many European countries seem to have given up on economic growth and… (View Post)

It was hilarious in the 90s, with the Tub of Lard and Sperm of the Devil episodes - arguably the funniest show on TV. But Hislop and Merton are tired and Angus Deayton doesn't seem to be around to ho… (View Post)

Ireland and Canada also have various wonderful anomalies, e.g. this sign I once saw in Ireland: "Speed Limit 60 km/h next 3 miles". Also here, milk is sold in 454 Ml cartons, because we don… (View Post)

Then I'm afraid your memory is either defective, or, more likely, highly selective. - the Nazi-Soviet Pact and the reaction on the western Left, a large part of which devoted the next two years to sa… (View Post)