It’s a thing about which I think I might come back and comment further later. I’ve come to realise that “manners”, politeness, couthness (is that a word?) and diplomacy are virtues that really matter… (View Post)

I met Hawking about a decade ago, not long before his death. It was a very surreal experience because he was exactly as you would expect him to be, in the way some celebs and some famous landmarks ar… (View Post)

I’m freshly back from France this morning, my probably written-off car still sitting in a bodyshop outside Macon. I can cheerfully report that the French are notably more downbeat and miserable about… (View Post)

The Badenoch one is decent, though I do wonder if the first draft said “war zones like Syria” or “war zones like Gaza” and then CCHQ though better of it and substituted Ukraine given the politically … (View Post)

PMs should stay off social media full stop. It debases the office. Be more Jupiterian. (View Post)