No they aren't. People voted for David Amess to be their Conservative MP in 2019. That, tragically, is no longer an option. But the murder itself deprives them of it, not the subsequent by-elect… (View Post)

I know... and I think they were all wrong, and did at the time. (View Post)

None of the three cases - Eastbourne, Batley, or Southend - involved killers who had any interest whatsoever in the outcome of the subsequent by-election. These were murders by extremist Irish republ… (View Post)

Like Eastbourne? I think the precedent set by Batley & Spen (first time around) is entirely wrong. There is no issue of "manners" here. The murders of both Jo Cox and David Amess were u… (View Post)

I think there's a bit of Lady Macbeth, or even Adam and Eve, mythologising about Carrie. It strikes me as having some weird, sexist undertones. Nobody looked at Theresa May's many flaws and… (View Post)