A lot of what people feel is wrong in Western countries since, well, 2008, is a combination of 2 things: - the loss of the "path to the skyscrapers" (I like that phrase, was it just invente… (View Post)

He needs to get into position quickly and stop all this idle chatter. It's not done any recent politicians any good. Undermines them when they actually do enact policies. (View Post)

Which explains why it goes on to talk about knobbly knees. I'd always wondered. (View Post)

The politically astute way to present Ed M's chancellorship would be to appoint a new energy secretary who is liked by the oil industry, even while quietly sticking to and accelerating the drive… (View Post)

There's a surfeit of Eds in upper British political life. Ed Balls, Ed Miliband, Ed Davey. Well ok, there's 3 of them. Not as many as the high days of Graham/Graeme in the England cricketin… (View Post)