Very interesting contests in progress in Scottish constituencies. Certainly one of the benefits of the fractured state of British politics. Thanks for the article. I presume that essentially all of t… (View Post)

Just to provide a story from Ireland of this sort of thing. During the financial crash the RTE economics correspondent became very prominent, reporting as he was every evening on the dire news. He de… (View Post)

Bearing in mind that this guy had just stabbed a couple of people, and was still holding the knife, I think the police deserve at least a bit of credit for disarming him and arresting him alive, rath… (View Post)

Ireland doesn't let emigrants vote in Irish elections - there are too many of them relative to the population left behind. So this would be explicitly extending the vote to Irish citizens on the… (View Post)

It's extraordinary that he should take such a step so close to an election. I can only imagine that they're seriously worried about the potential for disorder if the story that Polanski rep… (View Post)