To lose one state visit may be regarded as a misfortune, to lose two makes your country look like a shithole. King Charles III's state visit to France has been postponed after a request by Presi… (View Post)

Lots of sleaze and scandal as well. Not to mention the ability to make themselves look ridiculous - I don't think even the current government has reached the nadir of John Major's 'spa… (View Post)

Which is almost certainly a bollox rewriting of history. In the summer of 1992 the discussions were whether the Conservatives would ever lose. (View Post)

The trade balance was regularly reported in the 1980s but at some point during the 1990s it stopped being so. The when it stopped being reported and the why it stopped being reported might be linked … (View Post)

One of the things I'm curious about is when did the trade balance stop being reported on the news. Two hundred consecutive months of the BBC announcing a trade deficit would have given an inklin… (View Post)