Yet again Prime Minister Sunak has a bit of a shocker at PMQs. Leaden footed, crass and failure to think on his feet. The PM always uses this opportunity to hold him to account as a vent at the oppos… (View Post)

Well I can’t seem to edit my post above - but for those that care the NI secretary when the assembly came back after “cash for ash” was not Brokenshire - nor even Karen Bradley - but Julian Smith. Wh… (View Post)

If I was given £3bn I’d probably be able to say nice things too! Getting the NI assembly back up and running - while a good thing to do - probably won’t give Prime Minister Sunak the gratitude of mai… (View Post)

No problems - I think that particular bit really stuck in my mind. Something about it just summed up what was wrong with the whole Russian state at that time in such an amusing / satirical way. The i… (View Post)

I think you’ve got that story from the Adam Curtis documentary on Russia - TraumaZone. As I recall it they didn’t end up scraping good machines, but instead had to buy up scrap from all over town to … (View Post)