Sumption insists that Bercow was a good speaker, as he was willing to alter standing orders to prevent a minority Govt ramming things thru without Parliamentary consent. We ended up with a Parliament… (View Post)

[note to @rcs1000 and @TheScreamingEagles : please don't close the comments until I've had a chance to respond, which should be Sunday at the latest] (View Post)

The successor to Bob Monkhouse is Jimmy Carr. I will die on this hill. Very similar in terms of delivery, dealing with hecklers, being able to think on his feet. (View Post)

YouTuber "Warships & Warriors" on the delay in HMS Dragon deployment (he's not best pleased) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQE1Jz1tAcA (4 mins) (View Post)

You can do luxury train journeys or cruises. Michaels Palin and Portillo built careers on it. Seriously, get a waistcoat and a pair of red trousers and talk to rich matrons who complain about woke wh… (View Post)