This is true. However, in Europe, they also all have monarchies that are now less militaristic, and somewhat less susceptible to excessive pageantry. Keep the military connections if you like, but sc… (View Post)

Talking of Betjeman, although he occasionally hit the heights, there's a certain repressed-but-dirty-raincoat-brigade aspect to both him and Larkin that I find a bit off-putting. They disliked t… (View Post)

Had Starmer had his way, we would probably actually have lower immigration, now. We lost many thousands in critical services and service sectors back to the EU after Brexit, and the tories have incom… (View Post)

The irony is that there's an increasing consensus, even on the right, that low investment is costing Britain's economy. It was also popular amongst many at the CBI. A lot of businessmen and… (View Post)

Well, that may have been the case in terms of Scargill's own personal ambitions, but many of the miners beaten to a pulp by various police forces, who then lied about it, had no similar ones. Th… (View Post)