I'm sorry if my gentle "pace" felt like hectoring - it was only meant as achnowledgement of your disagreeement. I agree that I know little about his impact on education and you are cer… (View Post)

I think that's right, and imposing it, even if legal, would actually be counter-productive. If I voted for someone, they were elected, and his opponents then found a way to keep him from represe… (View Post)

Unless you're arguing that official stats are useless and shouldn't be published, they're the best estimate available of the overall position. If you're talking about individual p… (View Post)

Meanwhile, an interesting tactic tomorrow. The Government dropped its proposal to ban live exports, saying that Labour was adding tiresome amendments, and they'd come back to it when there was t… (View Post)

I don't know about "even", HYUFD? - I think we both try to be objective from our different standpoints, don't we? I think Labour is having a shot at it (I get regular requests to … (View Post)