My favourite example was passionate Brexiteer Zac Goldsmith forcing a by-election a few months after the Brexit vote that he conceived and promoted as a "referendum on Heathrow expansion". … (View Post)

There is a suggestion in the BBC article at least that the family of the victim are going to press for an appeal on sentence on just that basis. I don't know the judge's reasoning but it fe… (View Post)

The two key flaws of a misconceived campaign were: 1. If you're going to run a campaign around the "strong and stable" merits of your PM, the PM does kind of have to come out swinging … (View Post)

Good to see you joining in with the austerity by leaving out three apostrophes, an "o" and a couple of full stops. This should reduce wear and tear on your keyboard, saving £££s. (View Post)

That sounds at least possible. Of course, as Leon indicates, the real madness comes from the casual "and therefore..." in conspiracy theories. That a particular disease might on average aff… (View Post)