Sounds like a "work outing" :) My nephew, a design engineer, works in his company and has had a few direct meetings - finds him reasonable enough, and not the weirdo that the media (and per… (View Post)

It probably reflects the lack of recent debate on the details of any of this. What do most people think is either party's policy on immigration? The Government might, um, intensify the Navy'… (View Post)

I'm not a big fan of Simon Jenkins, who takes a personal view and drives it to extremes, but he does make an awfully convincing case here: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/28/b… (View Post)

Yes, fairly easy to envisage a sequence: 1. Report is published, and fairly damaging. 2. Boris expresses deep regret and a fresh look at policy too, starting with cancelling the NI rise 3. Tory MPs s… (View Post)

I did too. There was never clear evidence that the flight reduced the number of evacuated refugees or that it had put anyone at risk. The hostility was a coalition of people who don't like the T… (View Post)