Both Patel and Braverman have a massive authoritarian streak and are not afraid to go way beyond what is either necessary or decent to get their way. Neither of them deserve to be anywhere near power… (View Post)

I have your coat here... (View Post)

More than anything she recognised that in a globalised world the UK had no chance at all of competing with the low labour cost economies, mostly in Asia. Her transformation of the UK economy was time… (View Post)

Different experience for me, born in 1965. Everyone talked about what their grandparents did in the war. The war was everywhere in comics, films and TV. Many of those who lived through the war were s… (View Post)

I know we disagree on a lot of things but I think this is an excellent thread header from @Topping. I would add that the one thing it misses is that there are a significant number of people who want … (View Post)