Local elections have proved useful start points for by-election predictions and indeed for quite a lot of GE24, even if prior orthodoxy and analysis spoke to their limited usefulness. I did quickly s… (View Post)

In amongst the thought that the Boriswave definitely needed to be quashed, I am slightly concerned that a large undershoot on immigration longer term will be demographically unhelpful. I think we are… (View Post)

Something weird occured to me whilst I was watching Eurovision last night. The high camp and outright smut seemed to have been toned down quite a lot in the songs themselves. At stages I did think an… (View Post)

Moby bloody Dick though. The biggest so what book ever. And I know it's a syllabus book. But the absence of To Kill A Mocking Bird. Seriously! (View Post)

Just done a rundown and discussed the list with my daughter and wife who, it's a girl thing, chewed the fat over week over a dozen, where as I am done with Catch-22, Dracula (read to kids on a h… (View Post)