Yes (not to mention Jeremy Thorpe), and thanks for sparking the interesting debate - don't be put off by the criticisms. The more general point is that MPs are not actually distinctively differe… (View Post)

I dunno about that. Most people now meet partners on the internet. Lots of first-time MPs (typically in the 30s and 40s - Wallis is 38) don't have permanently settled relationships or the ones t… (View Post)

Good Lord. Poor guy. (View Post)

I get the impression that the Commonwealth is much more meaningful to pensioners (like me) because they remember that in their parents' time huge numbers of people from there had come to Europe … (View Post)

This is getting ridiculous. When someone accused me of being a Russian or Chinese agent the other day, he could at least point to my being left-wing. SSI is a Democrat who spends much of his time tel… (View Post)