Only a Graun sub-editor could let fly with this ... To win support!  The sheer wickedness of it! ND

Apologies for the lack of posts from me this month, should improve a bit now. Real world work has been very busy which I guess is a good thi...

Dawn and I had a fair amount in common ... a shared South Welsh/Irish heritage via peri-urban council estates; swearing; and a deep love for...

Well, it's what he supposed to be famous for ... So last week there was some self-serving Stamer-stuff shared with the Beeb, and our man...

All manner of ambitious people are in the market for good psychological insight.  Businessmen, con artists, priests, politicians ... ...

 So as we see record rises in inflation and to continue Nick Drew's theme some key elements are being ignored... There is a much wider t...

Not for the first time this year , I can't help drawing attention to surging energy prices:  they are continuing strongly.  Wholesale ga...

 Ho, hum.  Even more politico-sociological potential than usual.  Have at it!  ND    PS: was it a particularly eye-catching streaker that th...

A principle in public affairs offered here several times before is that lines of logistics in politics can be very short   ( Drew's Four...

 Absolutely the worst thing happening this week is the adoption of the England Football team by all and sundry.  Heaven know we have needed ...

À propos of a note I made about capitalist innovation at the dawn of the industrial revolution, yesterday one of our esteemed BTL anons kin...

Let's elevate our gaze from Batley & Spen, excellent result as this is (as Elby pointed out in the comments on yesterday's piece...

Following on my first set of observations from the ever-worsening disgrace that is the Batley & Spen by-election, Kev suggested BTL: ...

 I don't normally write about the Football here (despite being one of my main real life hobbies), but it got me thinking last night abou...

There's no handier scapegoat than a figure of fun - though clearly Johnson has no moral standing whatever in such matters.  But let it b...

Oh this is interesting, with many facets.  Today I'm just picking up on the Labour leadership thing.  Occasioned by Hartlepool, a few we...

 Following on from the last post, suggesting we try a worldwide bond default to de-stabilise China if it continues to deny its involvement i...

 President Biden has quickly caught up with the former President in deciding China is the new bogeyman, as Nick Drew wrote so eloquently las...

Many years ago I was involved in a truly massive litigation.  Both sides were desperate to get Sumption on the case, such was the awe in whi...

Here's something that surprised me greatly: the Thoughts of Ian Botham in the DTel (paywall) on those persons deserving plaudits for ha...