I accidentally encountered the march two weeks ago when I was in London for something else, and was struck by the calm and the diversity of age and appearance of the participants. I've no doubt … (View Post)

I know you're self-satirising, but to give a serious answer: it does matter for two reasons. First, obviously, lots of people have suffered greatly through no fault of their own, so we should be… (View Post)

Yes, there were wry grins about that. Just for your interest - I'm having supper with the Lallys tonight - they've retired as councillors but in good health. (View Post)

Reeves is doing well in conventional terms - endorsed both by the former BoE Governor and Kenneth Clarke in successive weeks. Ed Miliband retains the respect of green Labour voters who might otherwis… (View Post)

Interesting - a minor elected cog? I was in Parliament at the time, of course - I didn't feel a sense of decay - exhaustion might be a fairer description? Obviously the global economic crisis wa… (View Post)