Agree in many ways. Gisela Stewart, after the EU Referendum spoke rather movingly about this that as a German she could never be English*, but she could be British**. We put walls around this Identit… (View Post)

Watched the interview. My feeling was that it humanised him quite a bit and, speaking personally, made me think he is an impressive man to go from his background to where he is, via the career he's h… (View Post)

May I ask what it is? As mentioned before, I'm meandering my way through Caro's Years of Lyndon Johnson. Just started Master of the Senate, widely regarded as the best of the (current) four. Amazing … (View Post)

I agree on the patriotism aspect. Coming across as vaguely embarrassed to be British is not a good look for a politician. I vaguely recall the notion that Miliband was keen on defining a sort of One … (View Post)

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2021/05/tony-blair-without-total-change-labour-will-die Don't know if anyone has posted this (saw it on a Labour subreddit, which are both currently cosplaying a… (View Post)