Recent Comments Mick Taylor One has to look at this in the mid to long term. At some point (not soon for me I hope) baby boomers like me will drop off the end and a whole chunk of pensione ...

It’s almost 3 years since I first had Covid, an experience which has made my life a lot smaller. My road to recovery from Long Covid has been erratic and very, very slow. It’s only now that I ...

What the hell happened in Barnet? That was our best ward there, with our candidates averaging 26.2% at the last election. Not only should the local party have thrown everything at it but it’s in ...

Today at PMQs, Ed Davey asked Keir Starmer to request the extradition of Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan to face trial. Watch here. https://youtu.be/pH98_k47kgA ...

A while ago someone was looking for what they called a brief non-wonk’s guide to liberalism. In a fit of activism I wrote one. Once I had fleshed it out, I was surprised by the centrality the ...

I’m not sure why Tom Gordon is reading Brave New World when he could just watch the news. He said on Twitter: Happy World Book Day. I’m currently reading Brave New World for the first time ...

On this International Women’s Day, I want to celebrate the greatest hero in my life — my mother, Amtal. My mother is a woman of extraordinary strength, resilience, and unwavering principles.

Ask any Brit about their last positive experience on a train – and chances are they will do one of two things: laugh in your face or wax lyrical about one of Spain, the Netherlands, France or Italy.

This comment is key: “ Ultimately, the debate over assisted dying should not force a false dichotomy between legalising it and improving palliative care” Legalising assisted dying should not ...

I agree that defence spending needs to increase, and also that Aid should not be cut to pay for it. I also agree that increasing taxes on jobs any further should not be considered as we need ...

Excellent article. Completely agree with that. We need peace at home but also peace abroad and cutting aid will only add to the vacuum for China and Russia to exploit. @Nigel also agree on free ...

There is an outside, long shot chance of saving Ukraine and the Western Alliance—Buy American. I don’t mean American cars or cereal. I mean something which really costs—American weaponry ...