Yes. Parliament was strong in making clear what it didn't want, but very weak in finding a way of having a majority in favour of what it did want - with all the concessions and compromises necessary … (View Post)
The only body that can abandon parliamentary democracy is parliament. Government can only do it if parliament is willing. And in the long run the voters have to be willing too. What government has di… (View Post)
Following, on Mull and Iona, also the journey of John Keats in 1818 (his northern walk, starting from Lancaster), which is well chronicled by contemporaneous journals and letters. he started to feel … (View Post)
p222 of SJ's 1000 Best Churches is a discussion of Northleach which is, of course, interesting but not on the point SFAICS. For northern towns generally try John Martin Robinson 'The architecture of … (View Post)
I suspect the switchers (I am one) are: Those who are trad Labour and have fallen out with Boris Those who are dull centrist Tories (me) and notice a lot of dull centrism in SKS, though Davey is even… (View Post)