That “hated pseudo-progressivism of Tony Blair” democratised society, massively increased spending on health, education and science and shifted wealth from the haves to the have-nots. That’s real changes to real […]

Labour is also losing – badly – in pro-Remain Scotland. To the extent that the nationalists (who as recently as 2014 were campaigning to leave the EU) have successfully painted themselves as internationalists. […]

Corbyn is a long-time anti-EU bigot, who finds himself leading a pro-EU party. Hence his “ambivalence”. Doesn’t sound very ambivalent here:

My copy has arrived! Haven’t had a chance to listen yet but no signed postcard for me…

Reading 1989 for me. Marvellous.

A great Proustian merger with Clochemerle is surely the basis for season 8.

Are we still doing Afterword t-shirt slogans? If so, I think we have a winner…

That said, my theory that his new love interest would turn out to be the criminal mastermind behind the whole thing turned out to be wrong. If he can just rein in his new-found enthusiasm for booze and al fresco […]

No, he’s really retired – remember him clearing his office. I loved his refusal of a drinks party with colleagues “It would be like an atheist making a deathbed conversion.”

Ie a majority of Labour members who joined pre-2015.

I saw them at Oran Mor, through in the weedge, on the final date of their tour. Niall’s review nails it but what a rush it must be for them to play thousands of miles from home, to packed-out audiences singing […]

While I wait for the kick-off, I’ll just note that filming has already started for series 8 – yay!

Not the sharpest knife in the drawer because he is constantly putting himself at serious risk of heat stroke etc. or because is so … easy to disbelieve?

It’s created a new job interview strategy though:

Q: What would you say is your greatest weakness?

A: You know, I think it might be that I’m too honourable.

Glad you’re back – bit of a cliffhanger ending last week!

The Moslems – a fine bunch of lads!

I think they still are the RCP, engaged in some weird deep entryist project.

Isn’t 0.28% a reasonable sample?

It certainly works for me – I really want to see this film.

I remember seeing the then-unheard-of Eddie Izzard at that comedy place in Leicester Square. The second time I saw him he came on and said something like wibble, wibble “..I’m a transvestite.” Cue audience […]