On holiday in Spain, and haven't logged in or followed the news at all for nearly 48 hours. It seems I haven't missed much! 😁 Difficult to see how Johson survives for long but I'm sure he'll find a w… (View Post)

Wakefield result looks OK-to-disappointing to me. Not much sign of a desire to vote Labour to punish the government. Labour's own vote fell from 18k to 13k so not even much enthusiasm from their own … (View Post)

Yes, I saw him in March and he was still responding to treatment quite well. in the last month or so he went downhill quickly. (View Post)

This is an important point - back in the "bad old days" of the 1970s a hardline clique in the union could easily manipulate things to force strikes even when there wasn't much underlying su… (View Post)

Off topic - I am sorry to let regular readers know that the fairly frequent poster rpjs passed away last Thursday after a battle with cancer. Apart from being the only person on this board that I kne… (View Post)