Leaving aside the content (which I on balance disagree with), I'm struck by how fluent she is - barely glancing at her notes, she flows in a way she never did as PM. If she was a new backbencher… (View Post)

Not sure you guys know a lot of Green activists, as I do. I totally agree that they are seen as the reasonable non-Tory vote. But the activists are not very interested in power - much like the Tory h… (View Post)

@TOPPING @Leon @MattW Rabbits: meat is popular in some countries (and there's a push to introduce it in Britain on a larger scale). Many rabbit farms are basically just cramped hutches in which … (View Post)

A non-partisan note which may please some of you on all sides. As some of you know, my day job is head of the UK arm of Compassion in World Farming. I thought people might like to hear the news today… (View Post)

This has been an interesting wide-ranging discussion. I remember Matthew Parris, who despite many disagreements is viscerally Tory, being challenged to find one thing he genuinely liked about the Bla… (View Post)