If he defected first, I think the convention would then have allowed him to move it. Otherwise, Labour would probably have done so (it's only a convention, any party can do it). (View Post)

Sweeping left-wing victory in Salzburg, with the resurgent communists neck and neck with the social democrats and the conservatives and far right far behind. Seems to have been entirely about the cos… (View Post)

Ashfield was the next seat to Broxtowe and we shared a couple of local authority wards (one of which was held by the BNP for a while). It often struck me that when I met anyone from the constituency … (View Post)

Yes, I agree. But it's not obvious that random selection of head of state by accident of birth solves the problem - we could easily have seen Prince Andrew as next in line, for instance. I prefer the… (View Post)

FPT An oddity that I'm not sure what to do with - advice welcome. I've used the AOL browser for many years (I know it's quite rare now, but a zillion people use the address). Yesterday, I sent a remi… (View Post)