I'm not sure that we could jump to that kind of conclusion. Conversely, in the West, and in much of the rest of the world, we're still in a much better position on Omicron that many thought… (View Post)

This is indeed very similar to my family and friends' experience over Christmas, which is partly why I'm quite surprised by some of those reports just put on the thread. I heard a figure ye… (View Post)

The seaside towns and the Red Wall constituencies will also clearly agree, lovers of modern multicultural Britain as they are one and all. (View Post)

https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2013/dec/07/dinner-with-margaret-thatcher-literary "He also described it, in a letter dated 21 November 1982, to his friend the novelist Kingsley Amis. &q… (View Post)

In 1982, Thatcher's flunkies assembled a dinner party's worth of academic and artsy figures, of a stripe that they thought might be more receptive to her - Tom Stoppard, Kingsley Amis, Phil… (View Post)