When I took over from Sir Jim Lester he didn't (probably rightly) want to hand over all his files, but agreed to pass on info on specific cases where the constituent wished it - IIRC we did that… (View Post)

Yes, jobs requiring an understanding of how politics works are the obvious option, and because I'd done a lot of animal issues in Parliament and chaired a successful working group with the pharm… (View Post)

I remember the same debate back in 2010. The argument was that not giving the package to MPs standing down voluntarily gave them an incentive to hang on (maybe even stand on a token basis as an Indep… (View Post)

I remember as Labour candidate for Chelsea in 1983 (ouch) I was offered a free ticket to the Chelsea Flower Show. Not knowing a rose from a dahlia, I didn't take it up, to the horror of my frien… (View Post)

I didn't see the debate but it sounds like a win for Ramaswamy, who was edging ahead anyway in a poll assuming Trump was not available: https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-prima… (View Post)