I don't think she'd want huge fuss, just a dignified state funeral. People will obviously react differently (no doubt there will be idiots on Twitter trying to provoke), and it should be up… (View Post)

No, it was an uncle of mine (now deceased) - had a good career (he got an MC as the lead spotter at Arnhem for the one battery that got in range of the final bridge) but never at the advice-to-politi… (View Post)

Like others I struggle to see what Putin thinks he's getting out of all this. But a question not often discussed is what the military leaders think. There's one retired (pro-communist) gene… (View Post)

I was chatting about ward boundary changes to someone from another party yesterday, and he admitted that after recent developments he was more familiar with the map of the Donbas then some of the out… (View Post)

Yes, but although I've never felt that MPs should be drawn in for careerist reasons, it's undoubtedly true that - with rare exceptions - you usually need to get into Parliament before you&#… (View Post)