Exactly. I met Swiss voters who decided not to engage with the votes every 3 months and said they were content to leave the decision to others (so turnout was typically only 50% or so), and I met lot… (View Post)

Generally as a Labour MP I found I had lots in common with local churches, including some quite fundamentalist ones, on the basis that we'd set aside whether we thought that the story of Easter,… (View Post)

Interesting points. The royal wotsit exemption is peculiar in its consequences. I remember complaining about the rickety and perhaps dangerous condition of one of the Commons lifts, and being told wi… (View Post)

On the betting, I think the value is at each end. If the report is devastating, the VONC will follow and a new PM will arrive by March. If it's not, he'll tough it out and the will to repla… (View Post)

It sounds like setting a deliberately high bar so as to be able to say they're not sending a letter in because hre's not been charged. (View Post)