It is said that the most famous sonnet of all ('Shall I compare thee to a summer's day...) was addressed to the Earl of Southampton. Sounds a bit unlikely to me. Why would you write a sonne… (View Post)

Didn't we once egard 30 as a floor? in politics, all floors are false. (View Post)

Quite. Starmer will be very happy to be running down the clock. (View Post)

Most of the PO vermin traipsing in front of the Inquiry are either stupid, or weak, and often both. If however you want a real pantomome villain, Angela vdB fits the bill perfectly. (View Post)

It's an indictment of the system that the two great US PArties could not come up with two better candidates than Biden and Trump. Are we in a position to criticise though? Our last three PMs wer… (View Post)