Some posters may be overly focused on 1979 as the turning point. The point still stands: the British governing class don’t seem to really care about *Britain*. This is not even a left or right point,… (View Post)

At some stage, and it’s not entirely clear when, the British governing class abandoned the British national *project*. I think David Edgerton is probably the best writer on this, his thesis is that 1… (View Post)

Haley looks like she will disappoint. A generally disappointing result for everyone. (View Post)

Trump is projected at 53% according to the NYT; Haley at 21%; DeSantis at 18%. That seems moderately disappointing for Trump, and passable for Haley but not amazingly so. (View Post)

Crick has been pushing on Davey extremely hard, to the extent that one wonders about Crick’s actual motives. He actually suggested that Davey was unfit to be a minister which is absurd hyperbole. Is … (View Post)