What happens when there is a conflict between the Scottish parliament, if it was established, and the Westminster parliament? Who is supreme?

"Government gets things right" does not encourage sales. "Government makes another blunder" does encourage sales, so there's a commercial imperative that pushes sensationalism.

I think it's extremely unlikely that the European Union will fracture with nations dropping off the edge.

If you look back historically, admittedly a long time ago, there were three Afghan wars in which Britain didn't even come a good second. In more recent years the Russians were there with 120,000 men for ten years.

Give the Germans five deutschmarks and they will save it. But give the British £5 and they will borrow £25 and spend it.

Society needs to condemn a little more and understand a little less.

If you look at things that really affect people's lives - sport, the arts, charities - they were always at the back of the queue for government money - health, social security, defence, pensions were all way ahead. And each of those areas - sports, the arts, the lottery - got relatively petty cash from the government.