Someone (I think Major commenting on a Portillo rumour) once said that it showed the benefits of telecom privatisation. When Himself first became a local councillor in 1979, he had to haggle quite ha… (View Post)

To be fair to Ange, the Telegraph is told all sorts of things. Some of them even turn out to be true. (Oh, and first?) (View Post)

It doesn't help that Prescott also wielded the scalpel; https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-exclusive-the-error-at-the-heart-of-trumps-bbc-attack/ When does "tightening up a quote for impac… (View Post)

Lots of truth there, though probably too generous to businesses. There are plenty of ferociously successful businesses that don't do any of those things- especially the one about respecting customers… (View Post)

It's a different distribution of powers, which is why the attempts to import American models to the UK are going to be tricky. The bar for the American legislature getting rid of the President is (ri… (View Post)