The only way to stop the boats is to restore order in the places most of the migrants come from, so they don't want to leave in the first place. That means sending expeditionary forces to places like… (View Post)

I think a proper party of the Left has much more opportunity to gain traction that the Right. We've been governed from the Centre-Right for almost all my adult lifetime (Blair was certainly more righ… (View Post)

Fun fact: The Conservatives have only 5 seats with a majority greater than 10,000. I didn't realise they had lost quite so badly. (By comparison, there are 25 LD MPs with a 10,000 seat majority). (View Post)

I hope you were already in the queue outside, based on yesterday. I'm sure you'll have an enjoyable day. (View Post)

I was actually there that day! IIRC correctly he was on hospitality duty in one of the boxes and kept as neatly as ever. (View Post)