Indeed, but except briefly under Boris, the Conservatives have always been seen as the NIMBY party nationally. Their approach to housing and infrastructure has generally been to bury their head in th… (View Post)
True and there's also the issue that rank dishonesty like proposing easier housebuilding nationally while campaigning against every new estate in local elections or being in favour of HS2 nationally … (View Post)
Right, going to Paris now. I'm having dinner with a friend there tomorrow, which is of course VE Day. I plan to tell the waiter that I expect the meal to be free given the sacrifices we made 80 years… (View Post)
India is a terrorist state when it suits it - see the murder of that Sikh guy in Canada and its sponsoring of Tamil terrorism during the Sri Lankan civil war. It's also a regional bully not much bett… (View Post)
I don't agree we need a steady hand domestically. Steadiness has given us at best stagnation and at worst slow decline. These will lead to politics getting more and more fractious, and, eventually so… (View Post)