That's a great idea. (View Post)

I appreciate your nuanced posts, and I certainly don't have any time for O'Mara, but I think your last para is not quite right. I knew a great many intelligent MPs, very successful in previ… (View Post)

My experience FWIW is also that standards are higher in Scandinavia (and Switzerland). The British attitude is often more easy-going in individual cases - you can get a minor breach of regulations sh… (View Post)

I've some sympathy with a junior civil servant encouraged by bosses to join in a party, and we don't really need to know right now that deputy under-secretary Fred Bloggs, who we've ne… (View Post)

Longstanding councillor, member of the Fawcett Society that encourages women to go into politics. She has an interesting background, different from most MPs, so would add experience to the House: htt… (View Post)