When the USSR fell apart there was rejoicing. There was also wailing and beating of breasts from the elite party members. They had enjoyed privileges forbidden to the masses. Special shops stocked not just with luxuries, but scarce everyday essentials too. As the elite, they enjoyed hotels and resorts reserved just for them. My wife, who was b...
Having lost Labour's Brexit voting heartland Keir Starmer's response is to propose getting much, much, closer to the EU. He is like a man who having shot himself in one foot decides to shoot the other to keep it company. Britain voted to leave the EU because a majority wanted to control their own fate. They wanted laws and politics to be decided in...
