Shock and War - a series on R4 by Gordon Corera (also on BBC Sounds), 20 years after Iraq. It's worth a listen - very good, well balanced, with good interviews with Blair and lots of other key p… (View Post)

I'm not sure about penalising singletons who live in enormous houses, but there's certainly a strong case for removing the 25% discount. As for second-home owners - bring it on. Make them p… (View Post)

Slagging off the NHS is becoming a bit of a religion on here. (View Post)

Cancel culture swings into action again. (View Post)

Not convinced by any of that. Particularly the notion that I would have a clue as to which of my neighbours never vote. "Can I borrow a cup of sugar? Oh, and by the way, do you normally vote?&qu… (View Post)