She claimed not - said they would be housed in hostels or hotels while their asylum applications were considered, and that they had huge numbers of refugees (from DRC and Libya) so were used to proce… (View Post)

It is a long time, with significant events every week or two. But I remember a sense in both 1995-7 and 2008-10 that the Government was exhausted and were just playing out time, so even quite sensibl… (View Post)

Labour politics doesn't really work like that any more. The centre can get people onto a shortlist by ringing up the right people, but the membership is far from willing to take direction on sel… (View Post)

Rwanda story is culture war distraction bollocks. I doubt if it will ever happen on any scale. There's not been much reporting on how the local elections are actually going. This is an obviously… (View Post)

It was illuminating when Trump claimed (in his customary "Is he joking? I'm not sure" way) that he could shoot someone on Pennsylvania Avenue and he'd still win. He turned out not… (View Post)