The problem is in the title. You can't have an "independent" ethics adviser if the PM (any PM) can a) decide what s/he can investigate, and b) simply ignore the ethics adviser's f… (View Post)

I can't help but wonder if Lord Geidt's resignation letter to the PM contains some dynamite. Normally, such letters, and the PM's "thanks for your service" response, are publ… (View Post)

Maybe so, but I find the UK exceptionalism pretty tiresome. The Zelensky account is keen to butter up all friendly leaders, not surprisingly. Here's a sample tweet, which I don't think WG o… (View Post)

Wouldn't It Be Nice if our summers were longer? God Only Knows why they aren't. (View Post)

To lose one Independent Advisor on the Ministerial Code may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose two in the space of twenty months looks like carelessness. Alex Allan resigned because the PM ignored … (View Post)