A permanent ban from parliament would be grossly undemocratic. Chopper’s record is variable, I’m going to discount this for the moment. (View Post)

I suspect Ms Owen is being rewarded for services to Carrie Johnson. I don’t put much stock in the idea she had an affair with Boris, and there is zero credibility in the motion she is related to him. (View Post)

See my next point. Devolution is obviously not a success in that sense. (View Post)

One strength (for what it’s worth) of the US system is they have multiple elites. There is cross-over, but a certain separation between say the tech elite of SF, and the media elite of New York. In t… (View Post)

Oh my god, are we still talking about Turkish membership? The claim that Turkey was joining the EU was a kind of lie. Who cares about the semantics, the reality was they were not joining any time soo… (View Post)