Nice to know that the Conservative [edit] Party leadership has its finger on the great issues of our times. Edited for slight outofdateness. (View Post)

Why do they do it when the SNP MPs are called? It's like asking why pigeons shit on my shed roof. It's just what they do. Mr Sunak is a Northern MP. He is no longer of interest to the Metropolis. (View Post)

They also keep the vote for an apparently absurd period of time ... (View Post)

Ah, one of the quaint traditions of "British" politics, like the King's Champion and the Chiltern Hundreds. (View Post)

Er, two percentage points more. Not 2% more tax than before. More like 10% more tax, very roughly. Cue howling from the Tories on behalf of their pensioner clients? And a lot of pensioners don't have… (View Post)