It's a view. But I've never felt that there was a huge gap between my youthful Eurocommunism and later acting as a largely loyal Labour MP. Both came from the same essentially idealistic st… (View Post)

Gosh - unexpected compliments are the best! Thank you - and I always read your comments with interest and often appreciation. Long may they continue! (View Post)

Really? You encourage me to leave and join the Greens, after 13 years in Parliament (not a member of any pressure group or consistently left-wing) and 50 years in the party, though I'm waiting f… (View Post)

I disagree, as a member of over 50 years' standing (13 as an MP) and until very recently CLP chair (I'm still a member). The membership is simply disappearing, with a typical month having 1… (View Post)

I think we could do with much franker assessment of the performance of different practices and hospitals. My experience (in Oxfordshire) is totally different - I can see a GP within a few days any ti… (View Post)