If that's the best the Tories can come up with in a key by-election, they're in trouble. I know it's only a short clip, but - how can I put this? - he seems embarrassingly dense. (View Post)

Or, given that all we can afford is a cheap camping holiday, now is the summer of our discount tent. (View Post)

Interesting that Geidt refers to being placed in an "odious" position by Boris. I can't decide whether he means "odious", or whether it's an error and he meant to write … (View Post)

Isn't the real problem that the Bank of England's independence, and that of its current Governor, is just a chimera under the current regime? (View Post)

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)