Fair play to Thatcher for that. Apparently she was sceptical of such an overt campaign at first, but was persuaded it was necessary and agreed to run it. Norman Fowler was the Health Secretary at the… (View Post)

Many countries in the world, including the one where I live at the moment, routinely screen for HIV and Hepatitis as a condition of a resident visa. You really, *really*, don’t want to be importing p… (View Post)

1st like Vance. A very cordial and polite debate, much better than Trump and Harris, and with substantive discussions of policy differences. I did watch it, in a better time zone than UK, and credit … (View Post)

Almost certainly at this point. There’s not a lot of undecided voters, although last night’s debate might have swung a handful one way or the other. They both came across a lot better than they have … (View Post)

Presumably, when five layers of management have been taken out, the only guy left standing is going to be the mole. Hope Israel have plans to evacuate him at some point, even if it looks like a kidna… (View Post)