Belgium is consistently slightly more dangerous, though it's not a walkover. Canada not really looking close to scoring. (View Post)

Nobody's very sympathetic to MPs who expect to lose their seats, but it's a real issue depending on their line of work. After 13 years I had zero prospect of getting another IT job, and oth… (View Post)

Yes, I saw Clarke in the Commons the other day - limping badly and not looking at all well. He's never been too bothered by appearances but is clearly suffering. Fried dry pasta sounds yum to me… (View Post)

It's populism in its purist form. The underlying issue is that the Conservatives no longer have an anchor tying them to any particular beliefs. Belief systems can be good, bad or (more usually) … (View Post)

I'm wary of this sort of theory, which tends to be fuelled by observer bias and specifically grumpy old man (him not you) bias. I know a fair number of teenagers and they seem to me very much as… (View Post)