To parrot my own contributions to the last thread.. Eligibility not necessarily equating to electability, of course. I'd be surprised to see members of any party electing such a newbie, however sympa… (View Post)

The hourly sequence on BBC News where they slowly zoom in on mugshots of the likely successors is doing my head in. I keep thinking it's switched to Crimewatch by mistake :) (View Post)

I should probably add a little personal context (/brag) to my chomp at the Oxbridge bit. Number 1 daughter is currently doing very nicely in her second year after 14 years at Good state schools, and … (View Post)

> @david_herdson said: > The local elections this month (and, for that matter, opinion polls in general) suggest that the public is already moving on. How many of the public even know that Cabl… (View Post)