It would have been. Approvals can't be appealed. As for the cost of his appealing being prohibitive, I don't believe it. You don't require 5* barristers to appeal a planning decision. (View Post)

More on Ramaswamy (she's not a fan, but note the Iowa focus group report): https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/24/vivek-ramaswamy-demagogue-in-waiting Not much movement on the Betfair … (View Post)

When I took over from Sir Jim Lester he didn't (probably rightly) want to hand over all his files, but agreed to pass on info on specific cases where the constituent wished it - IIRC we did that a co… (View Post)

Yes, jobs requiring an understanding of how politics works are the obvious option, and because I'd done a lot of animal issues in Parliament and chaired a successful working group with the pharma ind… (View Post)

I remember the same debate back in 2010. The argument was that not giving the package to MPs standing down voluntarily gave them an incentive to hang on (maybe even stand on a token basis as an Indep… (View Post)