Would probably have been much the same result for much the same reasons. The only real difference is that by now the Conservative Party would have had a few less months of denial, and the long rehab … (View Post)

Perhaps the MoD could learn from PB's handling of Russian Trolls. In the right hands, mockery is a deadly weapon. (View Post)

Sure, as long as you are happy with 1950s levels of public service and expenditure. (View Post)

Point taken, CR, and in principle I agree but Dura Ace (where he now?), one of the few PBers with wide and direct experience of the Defence biz, reckoned he wouldn't give the MoD an extra penny … (View Post)

It is one of the more heartening aspects of the discussion that it is not Party Political. Long may it remain so. I think they are less fortunate in the USA in this respect, but maybe I do them a inj… (View Post)