When you look at Thatcher's first cabinet, it is an interesting mix of soldiers (both WW2 and post-WW2), lawyers, business (tending towards business rather than 'finance'). And far mor… (View Post)

The things that were broadsheet newspapers aren't broadsheet newspapers any more. Likewise the BBC News. Both media have become sort of gossip columns. (View Post)

That's an interesting bet. People often conflate 2017 and 2019 and forget that Magic Grandpa did rather well in the former (and terribly in the latter). The forgetting is often deliberate (I… (View Post)

We didn't get a colour TV until the late 70s. The excitement of seeing the BBC Globe in blue was palpable. (View Post)

A period in politics without a Cult of Personality would be quite welcome (View Post)