On Greater Manchester: clearly Manchester itself is doing well. But it's not at the expense of all the other towns: Altrincham is doing very well indeed, Stockport is on the up and despite perha… (View Post)

"Colleagues" of course only have a third of a say - but Labour Party MPs don't strike me as particularly averse to the concept of London MPs. And members, who hold another third of the… (View Post)

A true northerner holds that the south starts ten miles south of where he was born. So, Macclesfield. (View Post)

Remember the golden rule: identify which course of action will be the most politically damaging: that is the one they will choose. (View Post)

A family member of mine reports encountering an African family with three children: Marvellous, Wiseman and Toobig. (View Post)