This tallies with a relative's memories of JRM at Oxford, that I've mentioned previously. Somethng of a circus act well-known around town, and a common talking point students would enjoy ga… (View Post)

Mordaunt is clearly both brighter and more intellectually and emotionally flexible than May, I would say. (View Post)

The problem for Sunak is that being perceived as on top of his brief will count for nothing if he's also perceived as being out of touch. This is potentially Mordaunt's strong suit - being … (View Post)

Well, "we" in this case being 37% of UK adults. The poat-referendum negotiations, if in any way democratic, should have reflected how wafer-thin majority this was. (View Post)

Yes, I would tend to agree with that. She also had remarkably little to say about Reagan's endless illegal activities in South America, East Asia and Iran, for instance. Overall I agree on the s… (View Post)