It's a bit weird because being a barrister is the one profession that should provide the transferrable skills useful to a politician: the ability to understand a brief, and convincingly argue th… (View Post)

We are going the way of Trump's USA. The so-called insurgent parties are, in large part, seen by their sponsors and candidates as vehicles for grift. The lack of outrage over Farage's £5m b… (View Post)

Just discovered that the cost of emptying our septic tank has gone up by more than three times in 4 years. No wonder Labour are in deep doo-doo. (View Post)

I encountered Sir Anthony Meyer, Bt, MP and his wife a couple of times, in the days before he stood as the "stalking donkey" against Mrs T. A resilient chap. Won Eton & Slough, against … (View Post)

You have a point. The disaffected urbanites in London, etc., will very rapidly return to Labour if they think Farage could win. No way does Zack retain them in the face of that existential threat. Th… (View Post)