He really does feature very lightly in anthologies of great cartoons and cartoonists. His work looks even more embarrassing now than it did at the time. Edit: I see now that he wrote the letters I.R.… (View Post)

Cummings was a dreadful cartoonist. He owed his prominence and longevity to a chance remark from Churchill to Beaverbrook praising one of his cartoons. It cemented his position with his employer. The… (View Post)

Who are the benchmarks here, Robert - Mssrs Trump and Johnson? Dishonesty isn't great in anybody but if we are comparing her to contempraries, she's not even in the same ballpark. (View Post)

Agreed, JJ. They might have held another twenty or thirty seats, or maybe not. They certainly wouldn't hae retained power. Strangely, this news,if correct,makes me think better of Sunak (and I&#… (View Post)

Correct, Sandy. There are also some disturbing cases involving the wish to avoid IHT. It's a superb piece by Cyclefree, and if nothing else indicates the need to pause,and think, and make carefu… (View Post)