I don't think that's tenable. Hughes will essentially need to say that, if the Conservative candidate is elected, he'll step aside and let them do it at the General Election. That'… (View Post)

In practice, I agree that HAS to be the outcome for the Conservatives. It'd be nuts to have a candidate explicitly standing as Eddie Hughes' seat-warmer. Their problem, though, is not that … (View Post)

It will be interesting to see the timings for this - I believe it's essentially the Cnservatives who'd move the writ by convention in a held seat. The obvious choice is 19 October to go wit… (View Post)

You do kind of need the actual arms.Russia has a lot of cash but struggles quite badly to get the best kit. And the US is in fact an enormously important producer of arms, and not just a wealthy uncl… (View Post)

Surely Franco was "allowed" to die peacefully in his bed because he didn't pose a direct threat to people in countries outside Spain that might have been in a position to prevent that?… (View Post)