Being on the side of the rule of law is indistinguishable from being on the side of the British people, given we invented the f***ing rule of law, and it underpins our whole democracy. (View Post)

It's not that unusual to remove citizenship - it's varied over time but there's often a few dozen a year. The issue here is not the stripping of citizenship but the leaving stateless, … (View Post)

She isn't now, she's 20. Although I do take your point that she was at the time and that we have an odd view on offences by minors in this country. This matter arouses a much more visceral … (View Post)

The SNP weren't elected with a "mandate for independence" though. Their manifesto commitment was NOT independence but a second referendum on independence. Would they have won had they … (View Post)

Isn't the implication that you'd then do what only what a relatively small minority want? The (possibly narrow) majority of a (definitely narrow) majority isn't a majority... it's… (View Post)