Any good government would be doing all it could to avert a rail strike. It would call for negotiations to restart, seek intervention by ACAS etc, ask for goodwill on both sides and hope to reach a co… (View Post)

Quite so; I think you're agreeing with me, and vice versa. Not a decent bit of Machiavellianism to be spotted among any of the spineless wimps. (View Post)

Far be it from me to intrude on Tory intrigue, but it is interesting that Hunt and Mordaunt are favourites to succeed Boris, and quite a few distinguished Tories on here like Mordaunt; I can see why.… (View Post)

Whatever. I was really bemoaning the modern trend for people to say stuff, and then say they'd "misspoken" or "it doesn't reflect my actual view". It's dreadul. If … (View Post)

I really don't care about Heather Wheeler (or anybody else) referring to Blackpool or Brum as "godawful" places. What I really object to is her then defying gravity and saying "it… (View Post)