Talking of Betjeman, although he occasionally hit the heights, there's a certain repressed-but-dirty-raincoat-brigade aspect to both him and Larkin that I find a bit off-putting. They disliked the mo… (View Post)

Had Starmer had his way, we would probably actually have lower immigration, now. We lost many thousands in critical services and service sectors back to the EU after Brexit, and the tories have incom… (View Post)

The irony is that there's an increasing consensus, even on the right, that low investment is costing Britain's economy. It was also popular amongst many at the CBI. A lot of businessmen and economist… (View Post)

Well, that may have been the case in terms of Scargill's own personal ambitions, but many of the miners beaten to a pulp by various police forces, who then lied about it, had no similar ones. The fil… (View Post)

I don't think a Big Society is mainly, or only volunteering, though. It's also about people asking themselves, quite simply, how much they are doing for those around them, at family, community, or na… (View Post)