I think that's all very astute. It's the main reason that I think Michael Gove is the best Tory Minister - it's not that he's necessarily right, but he keeps doggedly trying to do stuff that he think… (View Post)

Yes, the main issue seems to me to be that there is no career advantage in taking over as leader. Realistically you might reduce the deficit from 20 points to 10, but your party would still be out an… (View Post)

Reform already have PPCs in many, perhaps most (?) constituencies, e.g. all but 1 of the Oxfordshire seats. (View Post)

I was born in 1950. My father (ex-Military Intelligence) was only mildly chatty about the war, still somewhat constrained by the Official Secrets Act in describing his own experiences, but it was a h… (View Post)

It sold 100K copies in various editions, including an Italian one that someone did out of the blue - the publishers gave me and a friend a long weekend on the Adriatic in return for giving a couple o… (View Post)