I always thought that quotation was fabulously silly, so Chesterton rose in my estimation when I learned there was no evidence that he actually said it. (View Post)

Apparently Churchill and Sir Samuel Hoare got up to considerable skulduggery to keep Spain neutral. (View Post)

Ne'er cast a clout till May be out. (View Post)

Imagine if Corbyn had become PM and then started blaming sinister puppet masters in the financial world when the markets violently turned against his first budget. Who on the Right wouldn't be saying… (View Post)

Truss looks ridiculous because she's painting herself as some kind of Thatcherite libertarian while at the same time moaning about the beastliness of unfettered capitalism. Completely incoherent. She… (View Post)