Wow. Looks like Sir Keir has even lost Martin Kettle, once the patron saint of Starmerite centrist dads. Starmer’s modern Labour party cannot agree about doing anything big, radical or different in d… (View Post)

I too had a bit of a London jaunt last weekend - Enfield, Shepherd's Bush, Islington and Hackney. The only vague bit of aggro we had was with this bloke cycling along the pavement with no lights… (View Post)

Isn't that why they put the cap on the Poll Tax, because everyone was blaming the Thatcher government for the high bills rather than the Labour councils? Which, of course, completely defeated th… (View Post)

Old Pagan2 was distinctly unlucky when it came to crime. He must be the only person to have a gun pulled on him in Windsor (at a John Otway gig no less) since the days of Dick Turpin. (View Post)

Also seems to flirt with racism to me - playing on the old minstrel trope. (View Post)