Except… Your argument is exactly the same as people claiming that because the US elected Trump the Mexicans are obligated to pay for the Wall. The SNP may be obligated to ask fir a referendum but it’… (View Post)

The King Henry VI Foundation - which supports Eton College - is a serious educational charity. For example: https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9727755/amp/Eton-fund-three… (View Post)

Are those stats right? Roughly speaking Uk government spending is about 50% of GDP, so if we are spending 20% of gdp we are spending 40% of the government budget. Yes there will be extra around the e… (View Post)

I imagine that Sturgeon wants to meet him as an equal and he’s not willing to give her those public images (press conference with flags etc). So there’s nothing cowardly about it, just rational calcu… (View Post)

I don’t think you can say it’s because he is Chancellor he’s a strong candidate to be PM He’s Chancellor because he’s a powerful politician and it’s a desirable role. Those attributes also make him a… (View Post)