Tangential due to the glittering prize - but I rewatched "The Glittering Prizes" recently. Tom Conti's speech ep3 or 4 is still an amazing bit of writing and delivery. https://en.wikip… (View Post)

My mortgage is only 4.5k/year - and I'm lucky to have one. Most folk I know younger than me have basically given up on the idea. (View Post)

He still isn't using the term "our birthday"? Give it a few months I guess... (View Post)

Sometimes I feel like I live in a different world to some PB'ers. £20,000 'spare' is ... unimaginable. £20 'spare' is at least feasible. (View Post)

I just think he's someone who likes his own voice and people who agree with him. Not alone, politician-wise in that. But the energy thing - he is the Modern Major General of the cabinet. (I list… (View Post)