I just thank goodness that my mother had the good sense to put my surname down on the birth certificate as 111AAANorfolk-Passmore. Led to a lot of bullying at school, and the Passport Office tend to … (View Post)

Let's spare a thought today for Eddie Hughes MP, who will need to give an Oscar-worthy acting performance pretending to be disappointed if the Tories lose in Tamworth, or pretending to be please… (View Post)

There has been a faintly "prominent Victorian PMs" theme to several by-elections in this Parliament. Tamworth was Peel's constituency, Tiverton was Palmerston's, Chesham & Ame… (View Post)

It's had some poorly worded markets, with some controversy over that. But, to be fair, it has to settle markets one way or another (it can't pay out both sides) and, ultimately, the risk of… (View Post)

To quote Jeremy Corbyn, "Chris Williamson is a very good, very effective Labour MP. He's a very strong anti-racist campaigner. He is not anti-semitic in any way." He did eventually cut… (View Post)