Well, yes, the point being that even rogues and ne'erdowells deserve the protection of the law ad shouldn't be gunned down unless they present an immediate threat to life. (View Post)

If they did due diligence on candidates social media history, and ruled candidates out who had ever said anything a little bit objectionable, they wouldn't be left with any candidates. Everyone … (View Post)

I think what the Tories need to say, or at least communicate in some oblique way, is that things aren't so bad that they can't get a whole lot worse. If something is broken to the extent th… (View Post)

Ed Miliband rivals Reeves as the PB Tories least favourite Cabinet minister, and yet I can't recall a critique from Coutinho ever being quoted, and I didn't realise she was his shadow until… (View Post)

I think there's a difference between - this thing is not working (i.e. it is broken) and needs repairing - and something like - this thing is broken beyond repair, and so we need to vaporise it … (View Post)