The then-XXX remains useful when someone is famous for more than one role. E.g. then-Chancellor v. then-Prime Minister for Gordon Brown (as those administrations start to become ancient history) In t… (View Post)

True - although actually "no religion" is the plurality (unlike the UK where Christianity is still hanging on in there!) (View Post)

I think you also have to factor in the increasing strength of Poland as a regional power, as touched on in this place a few days ago. That has to be a further deterrent. (View Post)

If Johnson really is "the greatest orator in the House of Commons", it is a sad lookout for the current state of the HoC. He demonstrated himself to be really quite feeble in that regard. B… (View Post)

As I turn 50, everyone I know from modest backgrounds is watching their parents liquidate their assets to pay for retirement, and (increasingly) end-of-life care. These "inheritances" are d… (View Post)