We have 650 folk picked off the street at random who need to be kept busy with lawmaking. Compared to which actually getting stuck in and ensuring things are managed well is hard and unglamorous work… (View Post)

Indeed. I just signed, having followed the link from PB. A lot of folk won't have heard about it yet, and comparing the first day's tally with how other petitions finished after six months up isn't g… (View Post)

I am having lunch in medieval Ferrara. Not too many tourists about here, today, although there is a big festival of sport in which every local sports activity - stretching to chess and table football… (View Post)

Which is just silly. It’s already against the law to employee illegal immigrants in the UK, so why won’t such lawbreakers just not bother to ask to see the card. (View Post)

Aside from Labour being essentially an authoritarian party full of machine politicians interested only in ends rather than means, I can’t imagine. Looking at how Labour councillors act and behave wit… (View Post)