I agree he didn't view it as a vehicle to enrich himself. And yes, he took it, and himself, far too seriously to see it mostly as a game. But to attain power for its own sake, I'm not so su… (View Post)

Blair tried to introduce ID cards, 90 day detention without trial and ASBOs. He was someone so sure that whatever the police do must be right that he voluntarily submitted his DNA to a database, pres… (View Post)

He's a lawyer, a former socialist who immediately and shamelessly betrayed everybody who voted for him as leader of his party, now a centrist vote-chaser and a kneeler who doesn't know what… (View Post)

That's probably true, but it's not going to be solved by a spur-of-the-moment, uncosted, desperate announcement during a general election campaign by the party that's 25 points behind … (View Post)

Here's an anecdote from a relative of mine who worked on a student rag at Oxford with him. She said it was impossible to get him to turn up to meetings or do any work or whatever, but of course … (View Post)