Election day here in Ireland. Starting off very wet, but forecast dry later, so I'm delaying my vote. Typically I would vote first thing. I've always enjoyed voting as one of my first actions of the … (View Post)

On the question of MPs, I am hoping that this debate and vote, and subsequent debates and votes if the legislation proceeds to later stages of consideration, will be a good advert for MPs deliberatin… (View Post)

You could rewrite this post for most areas of government policy. There's no long-term strategy, or attempt to shape public opinion. (View Post)

I went to Cambridge. Water under the bridge now, but I think my daughter had a better time at Bath, even with the pandemic. I didn't fit in with the private school kids, the staff were more intereste… (View Post)

It's always been a big and populous country. So, all things being equal, you would expect them to produce a lot of everything. (View Post)