Just finished The Evening and the Morning (Follett) - 817 pages. It's mostly conversation with little descriptive writing so one flies through it in a blur of down-market idleness. Quite interes… (View Post)

I won't comment on the rights and wrongs of the Patel case as I've not studied the details, but I agree that it's a complication that opponents are attacking someone you normally suppo… (View Post)

When I was MP for Broxtowe I thought I ought really to move my RBS bank branch from London to the constituency - put down local roots and all that. They had a 4-page form and multiple identity requir… (View Post)

Not at all. I've been a Labour member for 49 years. I don't think we're always best. To be specific, I prefer the current Government's proposals on agriculture to the previous Lab… (View Post)

I wouldn't have thought so. You should be noted as an intelligent critic, ready to point out the flaws in Government policy without fear or favour and offering better alternatives. That doesn�… (View Post)