That's a wise vicar. One of our problems in recent decades has been the cavalcade of crises. But one of the reasons we have handled them all so badly is that we have burnt off all the space (cri… (View Post)

Careful what you pray for, Pete. I'm unconvinced that God regularly smites like that, but if He did... (View Post)

I know nothing of Sen. Whitehouse, or his politics. But if he doesn't run for the Presidency at some point, the world is doing it wrong. (View Post)

It's less insultingly implausible than the Barnard Castle story. Or anything Nick Timothy has said, ever. Is the real lesson of this that the role of political Svengali attracts idiots and it wo… (View Post)

On the other hand, the alternative to WhatsApp won't be a secure system with access to backups if necessary; it will be muttered exchanges in St James's Park. (View Post)