If I remember correctly, the security perimeter fence from the NATO summit in Newport was given to the French to protect the area around the port in Calais. (View Post)

In the medium term, you could see Reform's dream scenario as winning the Assembly election by getting most votes and seats, but then being blocked from taking power by a Labour-Plaid coalition. … (View Post)

Only an Act of Parliament can remove a peerage. Has been the case since Henry VIII, so even if the King willed it, parliament would have to be involved. (View Post)

My maternal grandfather made it across the channel in a boat (circa 1940). He finally left the army after the Korean war, so as a fully integrated 3rd generation Polish immigrant, I fully agree that … (View Post)

The FCDO has had two oversubscribed rounds of VES (Voluntary Exit Scheme) this year. Couldn't comment on the shit show... (View Post)