The problem with that is that PB is not a closed room amongst friends. It is a bunch of us sitting in the middle of Trafalgar Square, where anyone can listen in to what we are saying. And what you ar… (View Post)

Aw, you despise me. How sweet! Have a nice Christmas, comrade! (View Post)

It might be. But how much is this 'Saudi political commentator' a voice for his government? As I said, the Jamal Khashoggi case shows that the Saudi government can be very (ahem) proactive … (View Post)

I'm 51, and started doing sprint triathlons this year. I'm finding I'm speeding up. Though that speed-up is relative, and I've always been a tortoise. Mrs j bought me a book about… (View Post)

If only we had someone who held a thousand and one contradictory views simultaneously and felt VERY ANGRY about all of them, all at once. (View Post)