There's also fairness from the other end though. One of the consequences of Blair era welfare reforms was that a lot of objectively well off people started getting benefits. Winter Fuel Allowance and… (View Post)

Thanks that's really helpful. As something of a mild mannered gradualist myself that might explain why I couldn't immediately understand the dislike. (View Post)

One of my favourite political satires is a novel called 'The Right Honourable Chimpanzee' by Georgi Markov (of poison umbrella fame). The Prime Minister is kidnapped and replaced my a talking Chimp w… (View Post)

Your last sentence is entirely correct but you're ire is in the wrong place. I've worked around senior civil servants for years and in that time I'm utterly convinced that they carry out the wishes o… (View Post)

The tub of lard was a substitute for Roy Hattersley who kept cancelling at the last minute. HIGNIFY did used to be brilliant back in the day. There's an episode where Clive Anderson evicerates Piers … (View Post)