There is a rumour doing the rounds that the Tories were going to use the Manchester conference to announce that HS2 Phase 2b would be de-prioritised in favour of doing Northern Powerhouse Rail - only… (View Post)

Yes, it's weird, because he's the first PM we've had with a northern constituency since Blair. (And don't go saying Richmond's atypical; Richmond is just as much a part of th… (View Post)

I know it's increasingly unfashionable, but I quite like humans. Some of my best friends are humans. (View Post)

I'm not particularly comfortable with the state funding religious schools of any stripe. Though I appreciate this would be a logical outcome of the system which I'm proposing! I presume the… (View Post)

Right. I'm going to withdraw to the arbitrary location of the hot tub in my suburban back garden to consider the enormity of the universe. (It's just an inflatable one. I'm not some pl… (View Post)