On Paterson, the respectful and honourable thing to do would have been never to mention his wife's tragic suicide, and treat it as a private matter of grief for him and his family, quite separat… (View Post)

Yes, I keep thinking of Blackadder. Johnson is Baldrick, with his cunning plan to save Paterson. But he has no Blackadder to put him right. For all his sins, he used to have Cummings in that role. (View Post)

Quite right. That's why I've stored every post you've ever submitted.... :) (View Post)

Tory MP, PPS to Michael Gove, didn't vote for the amendment yesterday. Meanwhile, in case you missed it, Owen Paterson is the reverse - unsacked then sacked. That's all today's news in… (View Post)

That's an appalling comment, even from you. I watched it. There was no mocking. The "ahhhs" you heard were from MPs reacting in disbelief that JRM was exploiting the suicide in defence… (View Post)