Yes, I agree. The government got almost no discredit (from the wider electorate) when NI was going badly and will get almost no credit for NI going well. (View Post)

Of all the reasons to bring in a Labour government, the desire for less red tape is not usually high up the list. (View Post)

But they do (pay staff more than the national pay scale). At least, they do at the one my wife works at. Particularly for hard-to-recruit subjects. (View Post)

*Do* the Tories do well out of postal voting? Admittedly thus is two decades out of date, but my recollection is that when compulsory postal voting was introduced for the European elections about 200… (View Post)

Not voting for someone because they're Muslim isn't racist, it's Islamophobic. I genuinely think very few people are arsed if someone is a different skin colour. Rather more are arsed … (View Post)