It's a general fact of life that a backbencher only gets serious airtime if they're arguing with their party leadership. I took on Mandelson's Millennium Dome in the early days and the… (View Post)

No, if you recommend A+B and I decide to do A and not B, that's a disagreement. The Government has decided that pressure for relaxation, economic considerations and the fact that it's summe… (View Post)

What I'd do is start a booster programme before it's proved to be necessary, so we wouldn't need to wait for that - the evidence that current vaccinations stop working after 6 months i… (View Post)

There has always been a tension between the ideals of the EU - which were certainly towards a single state ("Ever-closer union") and the natural reluctance of national leaders at any one ti… (View Post)

The main serious alternative is to vaccinate everyone (including children) who doesn't actively refuse or cannot for medical reasons, and THEN relax. Because long Covid is serious and not infreq… (View Post)