I think we miss the age of strong political oratory in moments such as these. For too long now we’ve had in our leaders people who can’t inspire their way out of a paper bag (Boris did try his pounds… (View Post)

With any luck, it’s Farage coming out with stuff like this that will eventually prove his undoing. (View Post)

A significant strand of thinking on the American right has for decades argued for the reshaping of the ME by force. It is worth bearing that in mind when we see the current scenes - in Trump they hav… (View Post)

If Khan were stepping down I think this would be a no brainer, but as it stands I think he has managed to successfully carve out an independent following for himself and he will likely minimise the a… (View Post)

I quite forgot she is our foreign secretary for a moment. Surely one of the most invisible presences from someone whose job description requires them to be out and about on the world stage. (View Post)