You may well be right, JJ, but the Inquiry will not be questioning Civi Servants or examining the political angle, so we may never find out. I rather thought Paula Vennells might open up on those top… (View Post)

Bit ott that, Nigel. Wasn't trying to defend him, just trying to put a balanced view. He certainly didn't help with his inept handling of the adverse publicity. However, when the full list of culprit… (View Post)

On the PO thing, my understanding is that he is guilty as charged, but perhaps marginally less so than all the other ministers because he did actually speak with Bates, eventually, even if he didn't … (View Post)

It seems we are looking at prosecutions beginning 2026 earliest. This is not satisfactory considering some examples of the offences are so blatant it is hard to see how they can be defended on known … (View Post)

What??!!! Some people would saw off a leg to win it. JackW used to cheat shamelessly. (View Post)