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Astounding. At a time of existential national crisis half the people support the governing party. I bet that's never happened before.

...as a footnote to that it can be pointed out that when Churchill called the four other members of his inner war cabinet together 80 years ago this month to consider whether to sue for peace or fight on to the death, two backed his position and two didn't. The division was, as it happens...

For a person who prattles on about his love for England you don't seem to give a toss for its glorious language.

He certainly did. He made the calculation that there were more votes in being seen to fight for one of his villages - as he would have put it - than supporting a football club from neighbouring Sodom and Gamorrah. The utter contempt that the ruling (Liberal Party) cabal showed for Tim Carder...

Unusually, I find myself disagreeing with you. I loathe Farage, Robinson, Fransen and all the other populist headbangers but if people vote for them in sufficient numbers then it should be reflected in seats in parliament. As an old Liberal I don't see how I can think anything else.

I suppose they feel that as a general principle countries should adhere to the terms of treaties they have signed up to.

Although a lucrative career of memoir-writing and posh-nob after dinner gigs awaits.

Sadly though, the execrable Quentin Letts continues to shred The Times's reputation for cool dispassion. Jesus only knows why they signed him from the Mail - he should have gone to the Express, or become Farage's speechwriter. I turned to his column this morning, keen to discover how he...

And his daughter Lara Lettice (hats off; great name) reportedly called him a selfish ******* when he chose to tell his wife that his girlfriend was up the duff six days after her mother died and at the end of a year when she herself had been fighting cancer. A moral vacuum as someone on here said.

I understood it perfectly.

This is terribly unfair. Rishi Sunak isn't a fat Tory. He's thin. The rest of your post is reasonable though: Sunak was part of a small team of hedge fund bosses who shared nearly £100m after an audacious stock market bet that lit the touchpaper on the 2008 financial crisis. It's good to...

Who's comparing them? We're not talking about consecutive disasters, we're talking about cumulative ones. Or to put it another way, if you're going into hospital for a serious operation it's best not to intentionally break your leg before getting on the trolley. Straws, camels backs and all that.

Hypothesis. What IS catastrophic is that our struggle to recover from the economic effects of the virus will be made far harder by the huge weakening of the public finances caused by Brexit.

Unfortunately, in the grand scheme of things, the activities of the ruling party since 2015, and the absence of any sort of opposition, means that the whole country has lost. Those younger than me will suffer most, and have to pick up the tab.

I am sure we all hope he gets caught.

Glenn M had a Panamara and lives within the Hove Waitrose catchment area, but it doesn't feel like him

Terrible things happen and they shouldn't be swept under carpets but there are many people who like nothing more that being OUTRAGED and DISGUSTED. Tabloid newspapers wouldn't sell many copies without them.

From an after-match coach park perspective I'd say that the Burnley (and, earlier, Wednesday) supporters were the most unpleasant. One lot even boarded a waiting coach and shrieked their abuse at young Albion fans. I've no idea what Burnley fans' problem is. Palace excluded.

Not as much as ours has sadly.

I don't remember that although as my ticket cost six shillings I was probably a bit light-headed. I did see Gene Vincent perform at the Downs Hotel in Hassocks though. Surreal.