Including, in many cases, each other. Probably inevitable if your politics is defined more by your dislikes than your likes. (Good-old-days-ism doesn't help here, because everyone looks back nostalgi… (View Post)

But also top managers who go into politics tend to do badly. They're different skills, after all. Archie Norman got nowhere for the Conservatives. Ditto Lord Young. Our current PM is experienced in r… (View Post)

It's a powerful image, for sure. British people don't like queue jumpers. But there isn't actually an asylum queue to jump, is there? (View Post)

Turf accountancy is probably an extreme example, but it's probably true of most jobs. Captain Mainwaring's successor at Swallow Bank surely has less status and autonomy, even if the Walmington-on-Sea… (View Post)

Sounds like it's not very clear to anyone; A spokesman for Tory leader Kemi Badenoch signalled to journalists on Wednesday that proposals that could result in migrants settled in the UK having their … (View Post)