Rayner is clearly politically important and valuable to Labour, but she was a useless cabinet minister. I too that it would be a similar story if she were PM. But the next election is anyone's g… (View Post)

"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again" is my nomination for best first sentence. What ? Why ? Where ? You have to know more. (View Post)

Though given our PB demographic, most of us as schoolboys were considerably closer in both culture and time to DIcken's London than is the average American youngster (View Post)

Most successful economies benefit greatly from immigration, and cultural mixing tends to be good for innovation. The real discussion ought (IMO) to be over the practical limits in terms of numbers. 6… (View Post)

Given some of his recent nonsense on defence procurement, I'd question the extent of his competence. (View Post)