No wonder the country's going to the dogs. (View Post)

I think you need to factor in inflation because it is real house prices that matter. Peak to trough real house prices are already down almost 13% (using the Nationwide HPI deflated using the CPI). I … (View Post)

Yes I've been very lucky, as a political anorak it has been fascinating. All except Callaghan were through work - lunches etc mostly, although I met Blair on the Eurostar coming back from a conf… (View Post)

Wow, I can imagine. I would have loved to have met Thatch. She terrified me as a child! I have met her predecessor and successor as PM, as well as Blair, Cameron and Johnson, and (perhaps the next PM… (View Post)

She seems to attract a level of opprobrium, especially from her own side, that isn't really commensurate with her underlying offensiveness. I can't help wondering whether there is an elemen… (View Post)