It seems to me that Captain Mainwaring, bumptious but fundamentally kind-hearted, and (Powell and Pressburger’s) Colonel Blimp, old-fashioned but honourable, are much better figures than the fear-mon… (View Post)

That’s true in general. However, like I said, this group are vocal. And Labour actually draws some of whatever support is left from this group. Unless it comes paired with broader stamp duty and coun… (View Post)

Everything in Britain is about class. Everything in America is about race. (View Post)

There are a lot of vocal people, not to mention cash-poor pensioners in London who care quite a lot about a supposed mansion tax. (View Post)

For years I have been hearing about village town centres in decline. It doesn’t quite seem to be the case in the U.S. where in fact the decline now seems to be in out of town strip malls. In France, … (View Post)