Yes, I was in the Not a Step Back category in 2010 and nearly won, to my surprise. But if one sees politics as a personal career move, then standing down makes sense rather than go on the market for … (View Post)

Friendship beats ideology for quite surprising people. (View Post)

Yes, soon after I wrote that I did get a separate email urging me to help in Uxbridge. Dead slience on Somerton though. (View Post)

It's obviously going to be used again and again in Labour literature there if there's a by-election (or even at the GE). Up to now the assumption has been that it's more of a LibDem ta… (View Post)

Ran into Boris at the Brightwell village fete today, walking his dog and kids, and we had an amicable chat - I was midly impressed that, unprompted, he remembered my interest in animal welfare and sa… (View Post)