I think it'll be next week before we know - MPs will be in their constituencies, digesting the results, on Friday. When they get back on Monday they'll consult... (View Post)

I am, because elections are fun, more than that I expect a really clear picture. Working Friday so may call it a night at 2 or so... (View Post)

I agree with mwadams that MPs and journos have a sense of being in the same industry, unlike civil servants, experts and the wider public, and that it's partly just knowing them better: most peo… (View Post)

On the first point, yes, after the USSR collapsed there were nukes in Ukraine. Everyone - Americans, Russians, Brits, Germans - urged them to give them up, assuring them that they'd be safe with… (View Post)

That's a good analysis, though I think one can add one more: there are issues where the government of the day doesn't really want it discussed. Take Libya. Our fingerprints are all over rec… (View Post)