I agree, but also just think SeaShanty missed my point, which was simply most First Ladies don't have a political career, whereas Hilary Clinton very much did. You don't have to think she d… (View Post)

Or the 55 year old, for example, or those with family or other financial commitments premised on a particular salary. I get that the economy moves on and redundancies happen. Worse thing happen at se… (View Post)

The BBC Chairman in 1997 was a Conservative former GLC member. There are a mix in all organisations, but I have little doubt that most BBC employees - tending to the younger and more urban end of thi… (View Post)

Indeed. People characterising this as Zahawi's tax accountant making a bit of a costly bungle are being incredibly, unreasonably kind. It was a fundamentally dodgy scheme, for which he has given… (View Post)

I agree with this. 1997 probably wasn't realistically winnable for the Conservatives, but sleaze turned it into a massacre. And that was with Major at the helm, and a problem with sleaze rather … (View Post)