From wiki: Then still an MP, Osborne was announced on 17 March 2017 as the next editor of the Evening Standard, a position which he assumed on 2 May.[135][136] Critics of his appointment questioned h… (View Post)

Am I the only PBer to have had nostalgia for 1993 yesterday ? Shane Warne and Merv Hughes, the Maastricht treaty and references to this new thing called the internet - some weird guys in California w… (View Post)

Sleaze can be expected but what, to me, is staggering is the stupidity involved. The political risk for the money being received would surely be deemed too high for anyone not addicted to unearned in… (View Post)

I don't think that last point has ever not been realised. There's also the difference that wars in Europe aren't meant to happen whereas they never stop happening in the Middle East in… (View Post)

From the Guardian: Labour has called on the Tories to return money from donors with links to Russiain response to tensions over Vladimir Putin’s military buildup on the Ukrainian border. In a joint l… (View Post)