He's my local MP, and quite obviously dissenting enough to look different but not enough to seem disloyal - abstaining on the care bill was a good example. He's a very competent classic pol… (View Post)

There are several alternative impressions here: 1. If you need long-term care, my family may lose my house. The Government is making that less likely. Hooray! 2. Ditto, but add, "at enormous exp… (View Post)

On topic, I think it depends what one means by lockdown. "Forbidden to leave the house" is too drastic, since the disease is relatively rarely carried in the open air. "Forbidden to me… (View Post)

I'm not hearing optimism in Labour about winning Bexley - in the Southern region conference, it was all about helping in a Worthing by-election which could give control of the council. Bexley is… (View Post)

Yes, FWIW I didn't go to school (even a day school) till 7 though we had a similar-aged lad and a tutor for a couple of years. My father went to boarding schools and loathed them, my mother was … (View Post)