And it was only two years since our neighbours, France, had carried out their last execution... by guillotine. (View Post)

Labour to Tory switchers won't switch back if they think the Tories are a massive bunch of shysters who locked them indoors, stopped them visiting their ill Mum etc, but didn't follow the r… (View Post)

Defensible means justifiable by argument (certainly in this context). So your premise is wrong. It is not the case that Cummings surviving would prove it isn't indefensible. It's perfectly … (View Post)

I nearly feel sorry for Grant Shapps. Painful viewing. (View Post)

That may be correct. It's a bizarrely bad line, inflicting needless damage by actively insulting the public. And there was another obvious line of defence which was nowhere near as awful. As I s… (View Post)