How quickly John Major, William Hague and Michael Howard have been forgotten by history. Indeed, the Iron Lady popped in for a convivial tea with Gordon Brown following some extremely complimentary c… (View Post)

A friend of mine, who teaches history at university, says he has long since stopped making "fun" references to Blackadder, as most students haven't heard of it let alone ever seen an e… (View Post)

Well, not really, as they aren't profiting in a meaningful way from it, and it would be an odd burglar who sometimes took your valuables and sometimes gave you valuables (as interest rates do so… (View Post)

I'm no defender of either Mandelson or Campbell - they were Machiavellian buggers in many ways. But they were operators - they knew that, to be effective, there needed to be a core of consistenc… (View Post)

There was an FoI request on this at the time. The answer was thus: --- 17 November 2022 Dear Mr Wareing Our ref: FOI2022/15165 Thank you for your email of 20 October in which you make a request under… (View Post)