It's not in defiance of Starmer. There is no instruction to MPs, let alone Mayors, not to join picket lines - only not to start making policy statements on the hoof. (View Post)

O/T: came across a useful tip for calling emergency services which I didn't know when I had my recent spell of vertigo for a few hours:… (View Post)

A former colleague, Tom Levitt, runs a scheme of interest-free microloans for essential food supplies, now working with Iceland (the supermarket). They are running at 50 THOUSAND applications per wee… (View Post)

It'd be really outrageous in these times of quiet progressive cooperation if the LibDems fought a high-p[rofile campaign in an Unxbridge by-election. Results last time: Con 52.6 Lab 37.6 LD 6.3 … (View Post)

Well, do stop talking to yourself, dear boy. (View Post)