Someone mentioned the Foundry in Old Street earlier on. My own limited days of bohemia (nothing compared with Leon’s) included a fair amount of time there. Sadly all over now, what with wife and kids… (View Post)

I’m not an expert in civil service organisation but it does strike me that Boris seemed to run an absolute shambles. I’m glad Simon Case seems to be on his way out. (View Post)

The Queen needs to keep going for another one year and nine months to become the longest serving monarch of a sovereign state in history. (View Post)

Possibly. I am very glad to see the end of Johnson. I couldn’t bear the name thought of him acting as father of the nation in the event of HM’s death. I am implacably opposed to Liz Truss, but she si… (View Post)

The ethnic minorities in the Tory party seem to be on the right wing. Patel, Kemi, Braverman etc all rose up by being “hangers and floggers” (metaphorically). Then you have the finance bros, like Sun… (View Post)