Commonwealth Meeting starts Monday 21 October in Samoa - that's Sunday evening UK time. GE on 17 October - votes counted overnight - no way is Charles sitting in Buckingham Palace on Friday afternoon… (View Post)

Sunday Times: Corbyn will stand as Independent in Islington North. "Jeremy Corbyn has in effect confirmed that he will stand as an independent candidate at the general election, declaring he wou… (View Post)

That is why rugby will never grow as a major professional sport. France won by kicking a penalty which 99% of viewers haven't got the faintest idea why it was awarded. You are just never going to gro… (View Post)

But the point is that if they're having an Autumn Statement, they're going to have something in it which will need to be enacted. (View Post)

That would mean Parliament would have to be dissolved by 5 September. But the Summer Recess has already been announced as 24 July to 10 September. So that would mean no Parliamentary wash-up - which … (View Post)