North Durham & NW Durham? Both are county constituencies, and I guess the Durham in question is the county rather than the city? Therefore, that's compliant with the Commons Library article above. (View Post)

Where does the moniker "Shropshire North" come from? I see it crop up occasionally, but Parliament has it listed as North Shropshire, as does the Electoral Commission, ONS, Ordnance Survey.… (View Post)

Blackford pointedly refusing to withdraw an allegation that BJ lied to the house may not be entirely bad politics. (View Post)

And if he doesn't, this is why JRM's noise about the necessity for an election is errant nonsense. The Tories under a new leader would need to use the next two years to design a platform which gets t… (View Post)

OK.. "front man" then - or indeed "conman". My apology to sales professionals. Essentially.. I meant he ain't the man who's sweated over the design of the product he's 'selling'. … (View Post)