My dad turned 87 today. I love his stories of childhood, such as travelling from Trowbridge in Wilts to near Hartland Quay in Devon to camp at a farm near Speke’s Mill. An easy run today on mostly mo… (View Post)

People bang on a bout cliff edges and marginal tax rates for those on benefits but you need a culture shift that says getting handouts is a bad thing if you can support yourself. Brown wanted everyon… (View Post)

Even if you accept her innocence of the specific crimes, her lack of curiousity both at home and in her job as SNP leader is the crime she is being accused of. But she has always had a very selective… (View Post)

Or as Pratchet put it ‘The truth shall make you fret’ (View Post)

Both Blair's labour and Thatchers conservatives appealed to a wide demographic. Blair made centre right folk happy to vote labour. Thatcher convince enough people that she had the answers to cha… (View Post)