I don't know much about NI, but the issue about nationalisation of utilities is that if voters think they are badly run (overpricing, sewage, power cuts, whatever) and attach great importance to… (View Post)

Interesting EU election poll. The hard right ECR (Mreloni, and the Polish nationalists in PiS) which the Tories used to belong to) is being outflanked by the ID ultras (AfD, Le Pen), while the Left i… (View Post)

Absolutely. He's not very flashy, but I don't care about that. Incidentlaly, I have a 2015 Fiesta and it's ULEZ-compliant - how ancient does a car have to be to be a problem? I wo der … (View Post)

From the left I'm pessimistic about radical change - all my contacts with the Opposition front bench suggest a deeply cautious approach. I remain loyal and think a change of Government is essent… (View Post)

My mum fancied him, I recall - as a Russian immigrant fed up with wild-eyed Continental fanatics (she grew up in Gdansk in the 30s), he was her idea of what a decent English gentleman ought to look l… (View Post)