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 […]

Maybe I should qualify that: in the early part of the story Tony is too much of a nice guy. You wouldn’t believe he would even face up to Bernardo.

Some movie critics have commented that Richard Beymer was […]

I’ve seen two productions of West Side Story, watched the movie handful of times and always enjoyed greatly, but there’s always been one big problem, Tony is too much of a nice guy; it’s never convinced me that […]

Katy Lied by Steely Dan. But given that I bought it on release in 1975 that gives it a good starting point over others that have had a lot of plays.

Agreed. A few laugh out louds in every episode.

Obvious point is that most comedians are not wildly successful and they make very little. I’m friends with a guy who is very highly regarded in the business, won the Perrier award a long time back, but gets by on […]

They were masterful. Best gig I ever went to was GP & the Rumour at the Roundhouse in 1978.

Not sure if any of these would be re-elected as independents in a byelection or the next general election – but I reckon that by doing this they’re going to get a lot of centre-left types thinking that Labour […]

Saw him onstage a handful of times and always a great show. While he held strong political views he was always clever at keeping it funny as he got them across, and in a way that didn’t alienate people who […]

It was fascinating. High point for me was the graph of the baseline on ‘Ain’t No Mountain High Enough’.

As a remainer I’ve always said there’s a strong logic for a second referendum when people know what leaving looks like. Have no time for those Brexiteers who shout ‘Betrayal!’ at the idea; they’re saying that we […]

Enjoyed it, even though the ending was a bit vague. Highlight to me was the dancing, and don’t believe for a moment that was a recreation of how they did it in the early 18th century.

Wonderful stuff. Thanks for positing Tiggerlion.

The Mrs and I were in Palma about 10 years ago and went to the Miro house, which had been turned into a museum with galleries of his paintings on display. All […]

Against prevailing conventional wisdom, but I suspect if there was another general election soon with the choice of May or Corbyn as PM she would win again, maybe with a small majority. Despite all her failings […]