I don't remember the EU being especially fed up, and I've always read a lot of Continental papers. Frankly they didn't talk about Britain nearly as much as most people imagine. Even am… (View Post)

I confess to a certain amusement in the way Johnson manages to get out of the most forbidding-looking traps, but it will require a PhD in breezy rhetoric to call an election with just 40+ Tory MPs in… (View Post)

As a factual observation, tactical voting is extremely strong in SW Surrey, exemplified by both the low Labour vote in GE2019 and the two Labour gains at Borough level (including my seat) in the same… (View Post)

On what is the UK veto actually based? Can the Scottish Government not use its revenue for most purposes, including holding plebiscites? The UK can of course refuse to recognise the result if it does… (View Post)

Potential breakthrough on grain (Guardian): [UN Sec General Guterres] said a conditional agreement was in place whereby Ukrainian grain would leave three Ukrainian held ports including Odessa with Ru… (View Post)