Well, that. I was ambivalent on Brexit and only voted Remain because I was worried - entirely rightly as it turned out - that a Leave win might mean the end of a government that I actually liked. (View Post)

Indeed. Most of the Lib Dem gains were a product of highly coordinated tactical voting by people who are first and foremost anti-Tory and who aren't there to be 'won back' because they're never going… (View Post)

I used to drink Spirytus (Polish Rectified Spirit) - semi-regularly, neat and in modest quantities - at a pub in Ipswich where the landlord (incidentally a Lib Dem councillor, albeit briefly) - kept … (View Post)

Maybe it's the other way around? I tried many times to get onto the Civil Service gravy train, having spent many years in relatively senior roles working closely with various government departments a… (View Post)

It's not true that only wealthy pensioners who don't need the Winter Fuel Allowance and won't miss it are the only ones affected. There is a significant group of older people out there who are poor, … (View Post)