I was fascinated by Lee Anderson's comment in his defection (or similar) speech this morning: "I want my country back". What was his country? When did it exist? Could he describe it to… (View Post)

Evening all :) Plenty to chew over in the past 24 hours or so but I'll start with Portugal which produced a surprising result. The surprise wasn't the fall of the Socialists but the mediocr… (View Post)

I think we'll get the exit poll from Portugal about 8pm. I expect the Democratic Alliance to top the poll with the Socialists well back in second and a strong showing from Chega. Alliance leader… (View Post)

No, just desperate. The hope is the Budget would turn the polls - presumably the last card will now be the Autumn Statement against a backdrop of falling inflation and interest rates and may be an in… (View Post)

This is one of the consequences of the "build, build, build" mantra from some. It's not just a question of building houses or flats or whatever - it's the whole infrastructure whi… (View Post)