My relatives in Gloucestershire, of an elderly Land Rover-and-wellies tendency, are livid at the Tories. Younger urban relatives I have are also livid. I suppose the Tories must still have support so… (View Post)

Private Eye are excellent on this sort of thing. They've also been superb on water indusrty and rail graft for over 30 years now, although no one, including either New Labour or Tory front bench… (View Post)

Staggering. "Water companies are struggling to hold their finances in order as interest rates rise on the huge debts they have taken on to pay dividends, according to a leading economist. Dieter… (View Post)

A good morning to all. There's few better encapsulations of New Labour's complicity in the ultra-laissez faire that has damaged the fabric of our services and institutions than this. https:… (View Post)

Despite its economic decline, I find Japan to be quite a stimulatingly open-minded culture now, at least compared to much of South-East Asia. They tend to have a certain fascination for, and a certai… (View Post)