Honister Pass...

Barack Obama sounds at his most presidential at the end of his term of office. He’s stopped saying things like “Change has come to America”, having learned the hard way that congress can act as an effective brake on presidential ambitions. He’ll no doubt be cherished as an elder statesman in years to come… like Tony Blair in reverse. I enjoy listening to Obama talk… which is more than I can say about anyone in Westminster. Every few years we’re supposed to be witnessing the “end of Punch and Judy Politics”, but it never actually happens…