I went to a garden party at Radcliffe Chambers, the week after the result, and admitted I voted Leave, expecting some hostility, only to discover about 40% of the lawyers present had done so. (View Post)

That would be an astonishingly good result for Labour. I can't see them gaining seats. (View Post)

I think I've spotted a flaw in that argument. We're talking about the Senate Republicans. (View Post)

It’s like reading Rider Haggard, or Edgar Rice Burroughs. They can seem very tropey - until you remember, they invented the tropes. (View Post)

I rather liked one spoilt ballot, when I stood against a Labour candidate, and the voter wrote "I can't stand either of them." There's a certain raw honesty about that. (View Post)