Has he got round to discussing privatising politics yet?

Privateers used to be a sort of pirate. I think the word should be brought back for the 21st century equivalents.

What is really worrying is that, with the way politics is structured, when a left-of-centre party lurches over to take the place of the right-of-centre party, the chances are that the right-of-centre party will spin off into round-the-twist extreme-right politics - but in time that won't stop them getting back into power, if they are seen as the only alternative, according to Buggins' Turn.

Blair is irritating, though significantly better than what he replaced, let alone the present wreckage of a Tory Party - however the real nightmare is that in a few years some nightmare amalgamation of Thatcher and Bush will slip into office. And that will not be at all pleasant.