There is, I think, an element of enabling in Twitter hatred which makes some deranged people and extremists feel justified in turning to violence. But, a separate point, as a politician social media … (View Post)

There's something in that! You'd be very welcome, BigG. Doesn't it strike you that you have more in common with Northern Al or Jonathan or me than with HYUFD? I'm not criticising … (View Post)

No, I said what I thought was happening, and turned out to be wrong. Candidates quite often judge the mood incorrectly. I'm not disposed to argue the toss about who said what in 2015, but it is … (View Post)

Yes, it's about 50 now. But a thing about David was that he wasn't, temparamentally, a rebel, in the sense of loving to defy others. He simply argued for what he believed in, and a suggesti… (View Post)

I like Oliver Letwin more than any other MP, past or present - gentle, clever, thoughtful, honest and always ready to consider he might be wrong. The only MP I ever encountered who would listen to th… (View Post)