I wonder how many men there are in the Russian army still defending all its other borders? I have a mental image of some comedy sketch from the 1970s where the fort is defended by one fella and a lot… (View Post)

If you're a middle class parent, you kind of have to spend money on an SEN diagnosis because the waiting list is typically 2-6 years long. If you can't afford it, you just have to put up wi… (View Post)

I'm going to trot out one of my favourite pointless hobbyhorses again: the not-AV system for electing a single candidate shouldn't really be called FPTP, because there is no post - or rathe… (View Post)

It's like AV, only more fun - it goes on for ages and allows for all sorts of gossip and intrigue and being in the limelight. Of all the parties, the Tories bring themselves by far the most amus… (View Post)

Moreover, it shouldn't be madly surprising to us that an MP supported the side championed by the leader of that party. Remain was sort of the default option. It shouldn't render that person… (View Post)