Sounds pretty good on the home front! I've often been struck by the consistent pattern of the failure of partition as we dismantled the Empire. It led directly to permanent strife in all of Indi… (View Post)

I'm so sorry to hear about your son's dreadful trauma. I've known a couple of people with similar issues who eventually coped up to a point in different ways - one colleague resigned f… (View Post)

Absolutely agree with both of these comments. I've had occasion to work with Gove on several occasions in different contexts. He's serious, listens to argument, and isn't afraid to com… (View Post)

An odd thing about politics is that you can get away with being lazy 95% of the time. I knew a chap who delegated ALL his correspondence and ALL his press statements to assistants, and nursed a caree… (View Post)

I don't agree. I find both Scott and HYUFD useful, precisely because they pick up interesting stuff off Twitter, saving me the trouble. We're old enough to make up our own minds what we thi… (View Post)