Yes, it was his brief and he led the walkout. I'm surprised this isn't better recalled. (View Post)

I honestly don't know. But pb was up and running at the time. Perhaps a techier man than me could dig out the relevant thread. (On which note: life is going to be impossible for the historians o… (View Post)

When Brown was PM, their was a vote on parliament: the government position was that Lisbon should br ratified, the Tory amendment was, I think, that there should be a referendum. There were enough La… (View Post)

FPT: Imagine a world where we'd had a referendum on the Lisbon treaty. We could have arrived at a world where there was a happy consensus on Europe - this far but no further. The great missed op… (View Post)

Well yes. He will certainly have to start taking decisions which people fall on the wrong side of. But he doesn't have the same anti-charisma that Starmer does which makes people start out hatin… (View Post)