Still undecided on who is best to take over from Corbyn. I’ve got a lot of time for Keir Starmer but doubt he will be favoured by the left, and he isn’t the most charismatic politician. Also admire Jess Phillips a […]

Agree with the point about a lot of Labour voters being small c conservative. Have to acknowledge that xenophobia/anti-immigration sentiment is a significant element of that, which is why they are generally in […]

Original movie of WWDITS was kiwi, but then picked up in the US to turn into a TV show. They did a terrific job of it.

Nice touch was when the three kiwi guys from the original turned up in one episode.

I’m sure this will be taken as heresy by devotees of Phoebe Waller-Bridge, but there was a better sitcom about a single woman struggling through messy relationships – Gameface. It was consistently funnier and […]

I’m not inclined to give Corbyn the benefit of the doubt on this largely because of his initial support for that mural in Newham, a grotesque demonstration of anti-semitism that would have looked in place in Nazi […]

I’ll be honest: I’m finding it more convoluted and harder to follow. Maybe it’s because threads are related to developments in previous series that I watched a year or two ago – a common problem with long running […]

Agree that things were a little slow in these episodes, but I think that if you’ve stuck with the show from the beginning you get so wrapped in the characters and little subtleties in the plot that you don’t mind. […]

I’m beginning to think that all the anxieties and discord over Brexit will fade into irrelevance in the next six months, as the country will become involved in a blood drenched civil war over the Premier League’s use of VAR.

Corned beef curry. Jamie Oliver’s been begging me for the recipe for years.

Got it right with The Sopranos at the top of the list; but ridiculous that The Americans and Justified were so far down.

I’m sure some shows didn’t get near the top because the broadcasters shoved them into […]

My problem talking about Bond films is I can never remember which one was which – with the exception of Casino Royale.

Looking forward to the new one, although I hope they break the habit and don’t put 51 […]

I’ve never bought into that line of LibDems being Tory Lite. Wasn’t impressed by the way they rolled over for the Conservatives in the Coalition, but always attributed that heavily to Nick Clegg being too chummy […]

Bloody depressing scenario, Johnson v Corbyn for national leader. I’m just pinning my hopes on Jo Swinson building enough momentum for the LibDems to have some influence after the next general election.

I always thought that portrayal of Labour propping up the Tories was very unfair – in my view it had been grown up politics to acknowledge there was an issue on which they had agreed – but unfortunately the SNP […]

Indeed. I’ve always Ed Miliband was undone in 2015 by the likelihood of having to deal with the SNP. There was a lot of hostility in England towards the Scots nationalists (understandable given the way Alex […]

I agree that he’s a self-serving tosser, but there are a couple of unfortunate factors working in his favour.

1) A lot of the rank and file of the Tory Party love him because he presses all their Little […]

Yellow – Baron Banana Ketchup

I was impressed by the store as having been highly satisfied with their staff, quality of products and value for money over the years. Hadn’t heard of his enlightened approach to staff before today but now even […]

Don’t believe he’s racist, but that was brainless and the sacking was justified. Just think what the reaction would be if somebody even suspected to have vaguely racist leanings had posted that; there would have […]

I enjoyed listening, and would point out that DH can write perceptively on other subjects. He has an entertaining column in The Radio Times on … um … radio; and for anyone in journalism/publishing he has a […]