Ave atque vale, visionary and gent. (View Post)

-snip- Absolutely right. In fact I was offered a job in the "cabinet" of Finn Olav Gundelach, the first fishing commissioner in 1973. (View Post)

Of course it is daft. But it has evolved into something benign, and it works. Is there is a better system on offer? (View Post)

Labour is a busted flush in Scotland and the Conservatives not much better, but unionism is far from a dead duck and Johnson's purpose must be to bolster it against the SNP's one-track agen… (View Post)

Yeah, Blair may turn out to be the most influential PM in recent times. Just not in a good way. (View Post)