And in many (most?) cases the winner is a foregone conclusion. Even in the exceptional circumstances of the last election, and with a candidate who had had some, shall we say, personal difficulties, … (View Post)

I face the reverse problem. I have no wish to stay in such a country, but nowhere else to go. And where is safe from this nonsense at the moment, anyway? Three years to work something out. (View Post)

But who makes the money? The insurance company buys a car off me at market value, paid for by all us mugs who buy insurance. Assuming it could be repaired for about £2k, who is pocketing the differen… (View Post)

There was also the "Penge Papers" - I dimly recall gently humorous extracts being read on Radio 4 in the 80s and on looking it up I see it was a book by Brian Wright (I confess I would othe… (View Post)

So once again the Tories have committed to both extra expenditure and tax cuts. As others have said, they need to be doing the opposite. They have no credibility on reducing spending on unspecified c… (View Post)