Indeed. People characterising this as Zahawi's tax accountant making a bit of a costly bungle are being incredibly, unreasonably kind. It was a fundamentally dodgy scheme, for which he has given… (View Post)

I agree with this. 1997 probably wasn't realistically winnable for the Conservatives, but sleaze turned it into a massacre. And that was with Major at the helm, and a problem with sleaze rather … (View Post)

That was Ofcom, not BBC. (View Post)

One particularly incredible quote from a Johnson spokesman on this: "There has never been any remuneration or compensation to Mr Sharp from Boris Johnson for this or any other service." He … (View Post)

Johnson's corruption and debasement of the British political system is breathtaking. That he's even mentioned as making a possible return at some point speaks volumes about the state we are… (View Post)