I suspect that Heath wants it to be true, and he knows that lots of his readers want it to be true. And these days, that's enough. (View Post)

Planet Normal, as Alison Pearson's podcast is named. But left to our own devices, we all think our circle is the norm and everything else is an aberration. One of the downsides of choose-your-ow… (View Post)

FPT, but relevant to the puns, I can't remember the details, except it Involved Danny Finkelstein, The Times and some serious boffins, and was a pretty effective model of footballing success. As… (View Post)

So, which is the more toxic word in "Taliban tax"? (View Post)

Unfortunately, yes. The mandate is given to a person, not to a policy or programme. And once in office, the only real check/balance is the fear of not getting elected next time. The consequence of th… (View Post)