My parents are both deceased but while they were alive not too long ago both illustrate why you can't just add the C and Ref totals together. My mother was a traditional conservative who was eventual… (View Post)

I am appalled at what's likely to happen but I also observe that the Palestinians had a real chance of peace in the 90s, and turned it down. I have also failed to see any popular uprising against Ham… (View Post)

It would now be difficult for everyone in the Civil Service to go back to the office. Even before Covid, I was doing some work for the Home Office and it was impossible to get a desk on Tuesdays and … (View Post)

Indeed, my home area was also Surrey/SW London and returning to visit family was like entering another world compared to the NE and most of the urban north. Although, as @IanB2 also pointed out, part… (View Post)

As someone who was in the north for a chunk of this period, it was particularly the not caring about the consequences that upset a lot of people. Others in the government (notably Heseltine) could se… (View Post)