Yes, well there's clearly still a long way to go. Small steps and all that, though ; they may be getting wind that BBC2 is getting more ambitious again. (View Post)

The title has presented some challenges to prevent nausea with my dinner, but I'll head back to my London Review of Books article every now and then to prevent this developing further. (View Post)

Excellent post. There's also been some surprise on the left in Europe. It changes Britain's image in the world again, for another time. (View Post)

Rory Stewart was great as Prisons Minister, a real breath of fresh air, but he didn't have long. (View Post)

Re; Clarke, Jacqui Smith and others, that was indeed the fag-end era of New Labour authoritarianism, as wooliedyed highlights, and I hope Starmer doesn't go too far back to that, as his Mail-ple… (View Post)