There seems much more variance in size and style in modern new build estates than those long lines of 1900s terraces, 1930s semis or the new estate Bob Ferris moved to in the 1970s. Modern new builds… (View Post)

Well you predicted Brexit would result in mass unemployment and lower wages and we have instead full employment and higher wages. Perhaps you're one of those people who regard full employment and hig… (View Post)

I think the Conservative governments of the 1930s and 1950s would have been approved of by their supporters. (View Post)

Chamberlain was a successful Mayor of Birmingham, Health Minister and Chancellor. He was not a good wartime leader, perhaps not helped by him dying of cancer at the time. His reputation is ruined by … (View Post)

This. People need to be willing to say "this isn't working, lets change things". But politicians, in particular, seem terrified of anything which might be an admission of failure or, even w… (View Post)