* Streetings obvious talents are getting funds from vested interests and privatising stuff * Burnham's obvious talents are agreeing with the last person he talked to and spending taxpayers'… (View Post)

Indeed. A lot of people spend a lot of time on Twitter responding to anything and everything in the rudest and most forceful way, with no sense of proportion, and earn a good living from it. I know I… (View Post)

Rather sadly, the job you achieve in life (barring things like ill-health, accidents and wrongful imprisonment) is largely down to your own efforts and character: character is destiny and a' tha… (View Post)

The Russians push and push and push until you push back. It's how they assess weakness. They've always done it. If they are now escalating to gunfire it's because they have assessed us… (View Post)

It is (or should be). Bob Worcester[1] said "watch the share, not the lead" - see here for an example. [1] I spoke to him a couple of times! Before he died, obviously. (View Post)