A very interesting article indeed - thanks, @GarethoftheVale2 Two points, if I may....... 1. Don't be too quick to write off the Lib Dems as an "outsider" party. Yes, their MPs may all… (View Post)

With Lib Dem gains in Merton, Brent, Camden and a few others, perhaps. (View Post)

Do we know what the EU is doing about Mandelson? He was their Trade Commissioner for several years - was he peddling their confidential information as well? (View Post)

Understandably, lots of talk about Peter Pants going to jail. If he's guilty, so be it. However, the governmental and other agency enquiries into this affair are going to run for years, and it w… (View Post)

Jim Wallace (Lord Wallace of Tankerness) has died, aged 71. He was the former MP for Orkney & Shetland, former Deputy First Minister of Scotland and a thoroughly decent bloke. (View Post)