If some of the polls are to be believed it could be very close between the Tories and the Lib Dems to determine which party will be His Majesty's Loyal Opposition. That would be exciting. (View Post)

Gosh! Poor you. I'm far from being the most adventurous of eaters, but when I think of the variety encompassed by just mackerel, cod, salmon, trout and monkfish, and the different ways to prepar… (View Post)

The House of Lords doesn't work. In recent years in particular, but arguably for some time, the Commons has produced a large quantity of very poor law, and the Lords had done little to improve t… (View Post)

A character in a book I read recently said something like, "pride is the only sin." (View Post)

This election campaign has given us a number of unexpected things, but can anything have been more unexpected than Davey's transformation into a figure of well-judged comic relief? You get the i… (View Post)