Wheatcroft: … how can we describe the present contest for the leadership of the Conservative party? Half a dozen toothless people squabbling over a toothbrush? Fourteen years on [from 1997], it’s not… (View Post)

I’m sitting in the hotel lounge enjoying happy hour (having got soaked hiking on a forecast-sunny day) and it’s on the big screen. Funny sport, really. Whoever is in blue (presumably they expect view… (View Post)

Why not all pensioners? On all income, along with everybody else. (View Post)

No, aside from the political kickback, the policy is a sensible one. And unless you want me to cut and paste the entire article, which wouldn’t be welcome, cutting out the trivial padding is simply g… (View Post)

The cue for me to do the Sunday Rawnsley, while I am still in bed waiting for the sun to come up: It was an Anyone But The Conservatives election back in July. Labour won it by being the most preferr… (View Post)