As someone who strongly opposed the 2019 prorogation, I have to say this is absolute nonsense. As soon as the Monarch starts second guessing the PM on use of prerogative powers, the monarchy is polit… (View Post)

Wasn't that broadly the argument with Thatcher in 1990? And that was with greater justification in that she had 11 years as PM, had a strong record on a wide range of major policy issues (highly… (View Post)

Did you actually read the article? The headline bears almost no actual relation to the content, which itself is total nonsense. In fact, what they do is look at the percentage of properties which hav… (View Post)

The challenges of an Olympic Games are very different - crowds aren't segregated and you don't really get the boisterous behaviour that comes with football (not saying that was to blame her… (View Post)

Good article, but is it really the case that defections "used to be common, but have been unfashionable at Parliamentary level in recent years"? It's a little tricky to enumerate defec… (View Post)