I had lunch today with a former colleague from my government days who now works for the Treasury. He doesn't work directly on the Budget but obviously picks up news and gossip from colleagues. He is … (View Post)

Also this classic on how not to answer a journalist's question: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H1u-zh9dmU Ever since I watched it as a child I have watched political interviews with a completely di… (View Post)

The irony is that in the 1980s, it was less relevant than now - Jim Hacker, as a quivering, non-ideological blancmanche was the exact opposite of Margaret Thatcher, who, whether you agreed with her o… (View Post)

The irony is that Gaza, though tragic, is an irrelevant distraction to the conflict that really matters to the free world, which is in Ukraine. But many people are much more passionate about Gaza. Pu… (View Post)

This is a chilling but very interesting three year old video by Ryan Mcbeth on what UK targets the Russians would spend a dozen nuclear warheads on, assuming they wanted to paralyse but not destroy t… (View Post)