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Roy Jenkins and Tony Crosland had quite a bit of sex when they were undergraduates at Oxford, so it's not very hard to envisage a scenario where one of them succeeds the other in Number 10.

Indeed so - it's rather decent now (the building itself is rather pretty, so I was delighted that they did it up rather than demolish it) but it's still not a place that one wishes to linger after dark. Bloody hell - the Horbury Curve! It's great to see this back Iain, I have a lot of...

If I can toot my own horn, I did a TLIAD about this ages ago.

The grand, glass-ceilinged atrium of Portcullis House is modelled on the bow of a ship. Built at the same time as Jubilee Line Extension and subsequent redevelopment of Westminster Tube Station, it holds a number of committee rooms (all named after famous Statesman - and Jo Grimond) and office...

“I suppose this means ‘Prime Minister Miliband’, doesn't it?” There were two men on the train station, waiting for the silly o’clock London train. The taller of the two glowered. “It’s a job, not a title,” Peter Bone replied with the gruffness that a day without sleep tended to call for, “and...

... ... ... ... ... ... ...that's, that's Peter Bone isn't it? Why yes. Yes it is. And that's him looking menacing. To be fair, he always looks like that. Right, so you're doing a thinly veiled parody of Basically Jeremy Corbyn happening to the Tories aren't you? That may be the...

I cannot speak for Iain - but I imagine that ditching the Samuel speech is probably the main PoD here (PPBs were, of course not introduced until 1951 in OTL) I understand that the good Lord was the first politician to appear on television making a PPB, and it was indeed an unmitigated disaster...

Phenomenal work Veej. Really enjoyable indeed. Will post something more substantive later.

Oh, you bastard. I was literally thinking of this. I will post something more substantive tomorrow but in the meantime - very, very well done.

"Democracy cannot be imposed by atom bombs. Democracy can only grow in an atmosphere of friendship and security." - Konni Zilliacus, (January 22, 1948) --- Buffeted by crosswinds, the de Havilland Dove came in for a rather ungainly landing, bumping twice, before dropping down for an...

This wasn't want happened though. The show ended up being well received and gained high ratings during both series'. Cleese thought that it had run its course (remember - most British shows only have one or two writers, not a whole team) and was happy to leave it at twelve episodes. I suspect...

SEVEN Friday 8 May 2015 04:05am Perceptive viewers may have noted a slight twitch of Kay Burley’s left eye as her countenance filled the screen behind David Dimbleby. “...thank you, David,” she began over a howling wind, “I’m talking to you live from the farthest-flung point of the...

And incompetence.

Quite. However, the new Shadow Chancellor did get himself expelled from the House in 2009, when he threw the Mace on the floor during an especially bitter debate on Heathrow.

An ebook at the very least. Full details of the latest tranche for Sea Lion Press are available here, with Meadow's thread here and our website here. Hurrah! As noted - this is a bit of a DVD extra, but I hope that it is at least entertaining.

By the way - if you enjoyed 'La Isla Blanca', you can now purchase it for Kindle via 'Sea Lion Press'. Why not buy it as a gift (possibly for someone who you don't like very much)? Featuring a snazzy new front cover, some minor tweaks and additional scenes, and a whole new 'Part Eight'...

I echo my founder's words here - the cover I have done cannot come close to doing this justice, but I've done the best that I can with it!

Quite so - the continuity Liberals are not formally Eurosceptic, but very much open to the idea of withdrawal. I used so much butterfly repellent here as to probably get me told off by a Allohislepidopterist, but Sked did stand as a Liberal candidate in Paisley in 1970 (as if a place like that...

Just as a friendly reminder - you can now buy 'The Limpid Stream' on Sea Lion Press.