[ad_1] Neil Kinnock is best known in America as the man whose oratory Joe Biden plagiarised. In 1987 Mr Biden was so taken by the British Labour Party leader’s line about being the first of his family “in a thousand generations” to attend college that he borrowed it. At first, with due credit. Then, on … Read more
[ad_1] Those England fans who didn’t travel across the Atlantic to attend the FIFA World Cup earlier in July were glued to screens, raising the heat about “football coming home”, sung by The Lightning Seeds, David Baddiel, and Frank Skinner to commemorate the English team’s 1966 victory, when it was captained by Bobby Moore. This … Read more
[ad_1] IF Sir Keir Starmer is hoping that the long-awaited and bitterly contested defence investment plan (DIP) that finally broke cover on June 30th will be seen as a lasting legacy, he is likely to be disappointed. The document, which commits £15bn ($20bn) of new funding to the armed forces over the next four years … Read more