Starmer's fine and Reeves is surprisingly good. In 1997 Blair was a bit too flash and Brown a little too devious. So it turned out. I left the Tory party a year or so ago in utter despair at the nons… (View Post)

And 30 years earlier we'd had Canada, whatever the French had in India, bits of the Caribbean, and part of Spanish America in lieu of French concessions to the Spanish. (View Post)

Makes note to self: Do not bet on the turnout market. (View Post)

It's reassuring that they've taken the global warming issues to heart. In the past they've sailed their fleets half way round the world in order to have them scrapped under the Japanese. This new Ukr… (View Post)

Every time the Tories get into power they're lured into nanny-statism. Thatcher had enough about her to push against that for several years. Imperfect though such direction might prove I think it is … (View Post)