I suspect a fair number of scandals are just motivated by the desire to cover up sheer incompetence. (View Post)

For a long time now, there's been a very powerful instinctive reaction to disbelieve the evidence that the Tories are facing a catastrophic defeat at the next election. This is probably a betting opp… (View Post)

I don't know. He seems pretty uninspiring as a party leader, but I've thought that about all the Lib Dem party leaders since Kennedy. (Farron being both uninspiring and illberal.) (View Post)

It's a little known fact that the big column in Trafalgar Square actually commemorates him: (View Post)

Extend Freedom of Information access to the decision-making processes these people are involved in. Restrict or abolish the lazy exemption on the grounds of "chilling" discussion. Except in… (View Post)