I did too. There was never clear evidence that the flight reduced the number of evacuated refugees or that it had put anyone at risk. The hostility was a coalition of people who don't like the T… (View Post)

That's a great idea. (View Post)

I appreciate your nuanced posts, and I certainly don't have any time for O'Mara, but I think your last para is not quite right. I knew a great many intelligent MPs, very successful in previ… (View Post)

My experience FWIW is also that standards are higher in Scandinavia (and Switzerland). The British attitude is often more easy-going in individual cases - you can get a minor breach of regulations sh… (View Post)

I've some sympathy with a junior civil servant encouraged by bosses to join in a party, and we don't really need to know right now that deputy under-secretary Fred Bloggs, who we've ne… (View Post)