Indeed, I think it's even more than that. I think there was an attitude that even to discuss that consensus was beyond the pale, that arguments about women's rights, or gay rights, or whate… (View Post)

And here I am in Inverness, at sea level, with a fair bit of snow on the ground but certainly not trapped inside! Though I'm originally from Leeds so, uniquely, I'm from both 'Norths&#… (View Post)

George Osborne and Ed Balls interviewed, briefly, a former colleague who said he was pretty shit hot. I seem to recall Leon also spoke to a judge who said he was a really good lawyer too. I think the… (View Post)

Indeed. For some reason I've been reading a fair bit about the First World War and one of the delights and pitfalls about reading history is that the mind starts to apply what's being read … (View Post)

First word of the post, of course! Presume. Who does the presuming, and who 'benefits' from the presumption are also questions with easy answers. For the first, it's 'people like … (View Post)