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I lost patience with Martin Keown when he pushed in front of me in a queue in the Churchill Square branch of Barclays Bank in 1985.

I have sympathy with your view.

I suspect that your definition of a non-Europhile is most people's definition of a very cross Farage-leaning Europhobe and as most of those got banned, exploded, disappeared, lost interest or ran out of jokey one liners and gratuitous insults months ago I don't think you're going to get much of...

Well there we are. A measured and calm response to the opening question, devoid of name-calling and insults. It will be interesting to see how JCFG responds.

I have two slices of homebaked bread at breakfast. They are buttered when cold, cut in halves and the halves are spread with, in order of eating, marmalade, Marmite, strawberry jam and either Nutella, honey or a second helping of marmalade. A bowl of porridge before and Earl Grey tea after.

Thanks Harry mate. Appreciate your efforts.

That's a fair point but the argument against lumping road tax on to fuel duty is that it would further disadvantage already unfairly disadvantaged rural motorists. Hitting them harder would do wonders for Scottish and Welsh nationalists though.

Mileage-based vehicle tax would obliterate the Tory vote in rural areas and the pork barrel politicians running our affairs would never do it. The nearest little Co-op to my sister in north Lincolnshire is a 12-mile trip away. Charge her a quid in road tax to get there and she'd never vote for...

Given the circumstances the politicians haven't done a bad job. Unfortunately, the circumstances make a good job impossible.

1. Yes, I am quite fascinated by the future of my country. I accept that you don't seem to be. 2. The post you were responding to was about discussing the subject. I accept that discussing is something you don't do. You never have. You just bark at the moon, like my dog, making inane little...

Are you saying that you shouldn't discuss things that have happened? For example, what do you feel about the Eurosceptics who continued to bang on about the disadvantages of the EU after the British public had voted to remain? How are they different to the non-Eurosceptics who argue the...

Our old friend GT seems obsessed with his notion that people are calling him old, thick and racist, even though they aren't. Apparently he is fervently against the shouting of insults. I recall him getting furious about it one time, breaking off to call me a lying bullshitter (or possibly...

Yes I suppose you're right. The editor at the Telegraph was probably pushing him to write a piece with a bit of fizz too.

The thing is, it's not now that he is letting them down, fighting as he might claim against cruel circumstance and dastardly opponents. He let them down during the evening of 20 February 2016 when, under no pressure at all, he decided it would be more in his own interests to despatch his...

I see your own skeletons have been aired elsewhere but just for the record my recent little flurry of posts weren't written in praise of Joe Biden or criticism of Donald Trump. My remarks had nothing to do with the qualities of either. You are leaping to conclusions and attempting to have a...

I doubt Biden has prejudice against the UK but he doesn't seem to like its leadership. I don't blame him. The Sunday Times today includes this: From Obama's press aide - "Johnson is a shape shifting creep... we will never forget your racist comments about Obama and slavish devotion to Trump"...

It could well be.

Joe Biden will indeed work for the benefit of Ireland and the U.K. - in that order I guess - but his apparent antipathy towards the actions and character of the LeaveUK government's leadership ain't the best start. It's in America's security interest to have a close relationship with Britain but...

I am sure you're right about his ancestry but his comments around the 2016 referendum and the events arising from it shows what the leader of the free world-elect thinks about Britain's direction of travel and the individuals steering it. I doubt he's alone. The fact he feels more affinity...

Joe Biden famously referred to reactionary demagogues peddling xenophobia after the 2016 referendum. Earlier this year Tory MPs accused him of ignorance and there was a small but perhaps significant vignette on BBC News only this evening. "A question from the BBC, Mr Biden," shouted a...