I hesitate to advise on someone else's family decisions, but I think at 15-17 with a potentially very serious illness around, it's reasonable to let them have the vaccination if they want t… (View Post)

Mmm. But if you leave aside the eye-popping (not sure how to measure that) you're describing what I'd call a lively debate. The vice-chair sounds unreasonable but I've been called wors… (View Post)

Yes, that's something I saw again and again with constituency problems. On the whole, the welfare state works pretty well if you're literate, have a computer, and are perfectly organised an… (View Post)

1/5 on Labour beating Galloway? I'd price it at 1/50 myself. Depends on Kim declaring before Thursday that she's an alien planning to destroy all human life. (View Post)

Well, she's my wife (we live apart), and I played the "don't be ridiculous, I'm a former MP and we've been married for 20 years and lived in different places across Britain&q… (View Post)