I'm on a Dutch/German intercity train that will be an hour late, because the ICE to Berlin that was the first part of my journey has been cancelled. Wondering if I can get delay repay out of NS Inter… (View Post)

Which were necessary. As a no-doubt well-paid lawyer (and rightly so) you have a strange belief that effective public service can be delivered without paying a reasonable wage. Yes there are other th… (View Post)

Sometimes government policy doesn't survive contact with officials. Minister: we need to release prisoners early Officials: well they could either plan a accelerated early release programme or just p… (View Post)

One problem is that people are being released with little notice and no time to sort out accommodation or book a benefit claim (there are prison work coaches who make sure everything should go smooth… (View Post)

Benn basically invented life peers. If life peers had never been a thing, then I think we would now have an elected upper house rather than one stuffed full of political bumlickers (View Post)