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)

It was caused in large part by the hostile environment policies she enacted. Previously, people who had immigrated here, but whose paperwork wasn't in order, didn't have a problem getting a… (View Post)

Prediction: If Labour win a huge majority on a derisory share of the vote, only slightly higher than the 34% for Le Pen in France (say 36%) then Leon will make much of the nearly two-thirds who didn&… (View Post)