I don't pretend to have the Conservative party's best interests at heart and I've shared the sentiment in your second paragraph for as long as I can remember; but I genuinely think it is better for t… (View Post)
“Prime Minister, was anyone from outside your household present in person?” [incoherent burbling noises deleted for clarity] “….and the important thing is I can assure you that no rules were broken.”… (View Post)
Assuming we are limited to plausible candidates, Hunt (some element of competence, moderately reality-based); Gove (seems to listen to experts when he doesn’t have pre-existing opinions); May (yes re… (View Post)
Like the recent travel restrictions it's mostly to be seen to be doing something while ensuring it's as inoffensive to Tory backbenchers as possible. The point now is obviously to move the news agend… (View Post)
I have a lot of sympathy with the "give up current profession" point (admittedly perhaps because I'm in that category) and the idea of losing one's ability to work in a profession again as … (View Post)