They will CLAIM a mandate. Doesn't mean they will HAVE one. Parliament can do what it likes with legislation, but democratic legitimacy is a matter of opinion and persuasion. And reversing a dec… (View Post)

Off any conceivable topic - A rather strange thing happened to me yesterday. I was stopped on a quiet residential street by a middle-aged blonde woman who was crying. In a strong Russian accent, she … (View Post)

Of course their solutions are half-baked and politically unsaleable, so they almost certainly won't happen. Merging NI with income tax is a good if unoriginal idea, but it will either be ruinous… (View Post)

Actually -30 is about the average approval rating for PMs since the 1970s when pollsters started asking this question. As a country, we are an unappreciative lot. Or we have a habit of picking shit P… (View Post)

Only if you believe it to be repeatable. Self defence refers to anticipated future injuries, not past ones. Israel's appallingly complacent border security let the terrorists in - it should have… (View Post)