Indeed, I paid a (small) visitor tax when I stayed in Germany last year. However it is levied by the local authority, I suspect the rationale is that you are making use of local services but haven't … (View Post)

Lapps are now called Sami (View Post)

Why? An MP is a legislator, not a trainee PM. Surely having a regional/devolved "executive" role is better experience for being PM than a backbench MP or even shad cab minister. If SKS were… (View Post)

Why should that be a problem? The PM doesn't need to be an MP, he will simply promote someone in a safe seat to the Lords and win the subsequent by-election. They could equally well elect Andy Burnha… (View Post)

Mainly because the protester ran out into the middle of the road in front of a moving van (View Post)