It would be a turnip for all our books. (View Post)

Not so much the prancing horse as the prancing three-legged donkey. (View Post)

That's an exceedingly optimistic assessment given how many of these tax rises will kick in 18 months before the election and actually need paying in the year before it. (View Post)

The Harrying of the South. (View Post)

Russia is winning, militarily, but at costs that mean victory will potentially be a bigger disaster for them than a defeat. (View Post)