Yes, think what fun it would be to have the games scattered throughout the West Indies. No need for a central hub, just a widely distributed array of venues. No country should be expected to pay up f… (View Post)

Perhaps the most dangerous outcome for the Tories would be if they actually *held* one of the seats. They might conclude that things weren't as bad as they feared, there's light at the end … (View Post)

Several years ago, in a local election in Calais, an independent candidate stood on the basis of re-uniting Calais with England. His view was that the town had been under the English crown for many y… (View Post)

I think the Wilkes case might be a better precedent than Bradlaugh. An individual who was expelled by the House of Commons was sent back there by his constituents - in the end, they had to accept him. (View Post)

It's odd, isn't it? That young woman, Owen, of whom nobody had heard just a few weeks ago, has now had her professional and personal reputation shredded. In her case, being "ennobled&q… (View Post)