The maximum hilarity option will be if Burnham announces he’s standing without resigning the mayoralty & dares the NEC to block him. Side question: When was the rule blocking mayors from standing… (View Post)

2) has absolutely not been mined out. Where are the tram systems in every single one of our smaller cities? Where are the integrated bus services? Where is the road building in the north to fill in t… (View Post)

Should that NEC rule be called the “Keep Andy Burnham of Parliament” rule? Seems laser targetted at him personally. (View Post)

Indian Ocean, not Pacific. This is one of the things that makes this seem like irrelevant stuff for politics nerds of course: it’s 1000s of miles away & we are no longer the dominant maritime nat… (View Post)

Oh, it’s definitely a topic that only real politics nerds are aware of. Which is exactly why Hermer & his friends in Mauritius (& the Foreign Office?) have been able to ram through a deal tha… (View Post)