What was the status of the PTA involvement? Could the invitation has reasonably been interpreted to mean there would be extensive supervision? Realistically, I'd expect alcohol and probably drug… (View Post)

I've not been following it, but I wouldn't have thought so. Cooperating with a book doesn't equate to open house. I choose to share some information about my sometimes eclectic life he… (View Post)

Interesting perspective on de KLerk with an older article: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jan/31/nelson-mandela-de-klerk-apartheid Like Gorbachev, he was an unusual cases of someone who grew … (View Post)

Chatted to various MPs and political journalists at COP. The general view is that sleaze isn't especially cutting through - people can see there's a problem and they do think the Tories are… (View Post)

Funny and not entirely unfair. I can change a lightbulb, but that's about as far as it goes... (View Post)