Awkward echoes of Boris, even more awkward ones of Donald. In their various ways, the way they were as people (personal asceticism, superficial joviality, assumed alphadom) meant that they got too fr… (View Post)
Even if you think this is a good idea (and I'm not sure it is... being a Shadow Cabinet member is a massively smaller job than being a minister), even if you can get round the "they're giving yo… (View Post)
Though forty gains from where they are now would still leave the Conservatives with fewer seats than Hague won in 2001. Not that the polls really matter at this point. (View Post)
Gosh, the Falklands Conflict is over 40 years ago- as far back in time now as World War 2 was then. At some point, without anyone noticing, it's shifted from something we did in our epoch to somethin… (View Post)