This doesn't really answer Cyclefree's questions, nor does it say what you think. The Government Legal Department are basically the in-house lawyers for all government departments. They… (View Post)

On topic, Cyclefree raises highly pertinent questions. Governments regularly, of course, receive legal advice to try to ensure its decisions are lawful and to defend challenges from those who claim t… (View Post)

On topic, I think the odds on him bowing out as an MP before the General Election are very attractive. He's still got a standards & privileges investigation and the mood music from "fri… (View Post)

On topic, Brown emerged from a coronation into calm political waters (albeit, as it turns out, they weren't calm for long). Truss (presumably) will emerge from a bloody civil war into a violent … (View Post)

Those weren't acts of altruism, though. They were things he thought he could get away with as World King and they were the easiest thing to do in the moment. Then, when they unravelled, he stabb… (View Post)