The Commonwealth was essentially her pet global project. The management of that for 70 years, both her relationships with the people in it, the institutions around it , and the tricky imperialist his… (View Post)

Although in fact she was very bright, and arguably also naturally wiser and with more emotional intelligence, rather than institutionally educated cleverness, than him. Thatcher is another similar ca… (View Post)

One positive consequence of everything that has happened this week is that it makes the tide of ungenerous and small-minded nationalism that helped carry Truss to the senior role a little harder to s… (View Post)

Good to see Harry, Wlliam, Meghan and Katherine all back lined up in a row. If the social media polarisers and the seried ranks of culture war tribalists hate it, it's a good thing. (View Post)

Francis still has a long way left to serve, I think. (View Post)