The Truss comparison is a poor one, IMO. If he ever got the job (and it's a bit unclear to me how that's likely to happen), it would not be because he's ideologically aligned with the party membershi… (View Post)

I'm not entirely clear that it's fair to label the BBC as resistant to investigation at this point ? I think it would be fairer to say they are in a state of some confusion, given the events of the l… (View Post)

I'm sure that Cyclefree would. I think on this you're talking at cross purposes. But I do think she's wrong in defending Prescott. (View Post)

It's not a conspiracy theory that Prescott has done precisely the same thing he criticises the BBC for doing. That is evident in his own report. And there's no real way to dismiss that as accidental.… (View Post)

When the Chinese get their own William McGonagall, we'll know they've really got the hang of the whole Industrial Revolution thing. (View Post)