There's frequently more 'news' in Private Eye's columns than on the BBC, the Victorian-celeb tabloid press, the Guardian, or the conservative oligarchs' broadsheets put toget… (View Post)

There are issues surrounding Johnson's trustworthiness across the board. However, it's highly debatable if these are in the public interest to be linked to in this context. You are indeed e… (View Post)

Yes. It's basically a mixture of Victorian partisan and moral hypocrisy and American-imported celeb culture. What there's very little of is the more laudable and defensible culture of Victo… (View Post)

That would be an interesting test, because it has to be said there\s never previously been a period of calm co-existence. Prior to the Union there was obviously the perpetual tension between England … (View Post)

Interesting that Sunak simply directed him to the Treasury. The chumocracy in action. (View Post)