So two headlines on the Telegraph website this morning related to political betting and I think they are very different in terms of legality and there is a real danger of conflating the two. 1. Kevin… (View Post)

I think it is a sign of how people are viewing the whole election that even from such an engaged crowd as PB, a surprising number were far more entertained by watching Georgia thrash Portugal than St… (View Post)

Interesting and a lot of truth in it I think. What he misses is that, for many, the vote was less a cry for help, more an act of desperation. And none of the parties have learnt that. This is not jus… (View Post)

It come sback to that two pronged question. 1. Do we want the Tory party to survive at all? 2. If we do want it to survive then is it beter for them to have, for example, 100 seats where most of the … (View Post)

Many of the routes out of Nantes are delightful - not the fast TGV ones but the rural lines. The slow train up the Loire Valley from Nantes to Angers and Saumur is one of the best journeys I have eve… (View Post)