Have you read All Out War? I think the drama was primarily based on this book, though fictionalised and with Dominic Cummings as protagonist. The book also goes into the dysfunction of the Remain cam… (View Post)

I am interested in his claim that you can do it for 30p a day. I'm not sure that even Jack Munroe's recipes are at that. Unless you're bulk buying, cooking an insane amount and having very thin soup … (View Post)

I've thought a little about this and have come to a bit of an uninformed notion. In Robert Caro's Years of Lyndon Johnson, he talks about the deceptive fecundity of the Hill Country for the early set… (View Post)

Indeed, as soon as Goering uttered the magic words, 'What about-', Maxwell Fyfe banged his gavel and there appeared Harry Truman in dock, clad in a prison jumpsuit. A bit tongue in cheek, but it is c… (View Post)

I think references to meeting 'the cake bar' are a bit over egged. I don't think the Met's decision set a precedent as to how Durham police have to behave. Durham police might very well believe that … (View Post)