And, yes, this is (or rather, has become) a historical comic, set in the late 1990’s. Tony Blair will soon end his ten years as Prime Minister. I was going to write something about him here, but when I started researching a bit about him it made me physically sick.
Avi Shlaim’s short article about Tony Blair, God and the Middle East is quite interesting.

Willie is listening to Iron Maiden’s “The Wicker Man” in her walkman.

Well, as it turns out, my boyfriend today is nine years older than me, and I don’t notice any age difference at all (except when he tells weird stories about life in the 70’s and early 80’s). Men are generally about ten years behind in their development, anyway … ;o)