He’s also good at t’telly. Comes across well in a certain gruff yet polite old school Tory way. No nonsense (View Post)

I get the sense not many PBers have been to modern Hackney Bastardo is next to Lardo, it calls itself a wine bar. And look, it's very pleasant https://www.lardo.co.uk/privateevents https://wande… (View Post)

During Covid I discovered the pleasures of meeting a friend, outdoors - in a park or by the Thames - with a bottle of wine each. We sit on a blanket or deck chairs and open his bottle, then mine, or … (View Post)

You do realise there are quite a lot of trendy bars in Hackney, many of which serve wine? (View Post)

Plus they'd expect us to swiftly join the euro - to lock us in. That is a very very hard sell in the UK. Plus Schenghen and most of our fishing. Also, any one of the 27 EU nations can veto, unle… (View Post)