Anecdote. I've just spent half an hour observing/supporting around 200 nurses gathered along the busy road outside my local hospital. The 'honk for fair pay' signs have been met with a… (View Post)

Suella is far too busy stopping the small boats, allegedly, to take any interest in the gross incompetence of the Met., so it's up to Sadiq. (View Post)

I can't be bothered to comment on the private schools/grammar schools etc. debates again. Though I would just point out that virtually nobody on PB is remotely interested in non-A-level further … (View Post)

You're right. Thatcher was much more hated (and loved, of course) than Major. Major himself didn't arouse such visceral emotion; more "what's the point of him?". (View Post)

Back in my Hackney days (1980s) we used to go to all the Orient games, though we weren't particularly supporters. The pull over the big teams was that you could rock up at 2.55pm, and it was dir… (View Post)