£1 million when Thatcher left Number Ten is the equivalent of £2.5 million today, thanks to the magic of inflation. Being a millionaire is not what it once was. (View Post)

I think it's a measure of the sense of pervading doom that is emanating from Britain that people don't realise that most other Western countries are also struggling with an ageing populatio… (View Post)

I think in both scenarios you can make a case against collective punishment, and for asking the police to follow an intelligence-led approach. That's generally been quite successful with footbal… (View Post)

At the last World Cup Ireland kept the ball live for a very long time past time running out in an attempt to win the game at the death. It was a mesmerising sequence of play. (View Post)

Looks like the Trump/Putin bromance is back on - they've agreed to meet again in Budapest. Putin playing Trump like a fiddle and has spiked Zelensky's meeting tomorrow. This is why Europe n… (View Post)